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Titles: | There’s a Wideness in God’s Mercy Souls of Men, Why Do You Scatter Souls of Men, Why Will Ye Scatter |
Lyrics: | Frederick W. Faber, 1814-1863, in his “Hymns” collection, 1862. |
Meter: | 87.87 D |
Info: | hymnary.org •
hymnquest.com hymntime.com • smallchurchmusic.com |
Comments: | The original hymn has 12 four phrase verses. Contemporary hymnals often shorted it to six verses, sometimes combining stanzas into either 8 or 12 phrases, and sometimes using the later verse beginning Souls of men … at the start. |
IN BABILONE
Composer: | Oude en Nieuwe Hollantse Boerenlieties en Contredansen, 1710. |
Hymnals: | CWB1:838 • CWB2:624 • CBW3:443 H22:456 • J2:748 • J3:712 • W3:596 • W4:645 |
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THAXTED
Composer: | Gustav Theodore Holst, 1874-1934, adapted from the Jupiter movement of his orchestral suite The Planets. |
Hymnals: | NLP:234 |
Comment: | Hymn is arranged as 87.87 T |