Goshen (Stephen Jenks)
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- Editor: Tim Risher (submitted 2011-05-06). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 74 kB Copyright: CC BY NC ND
- Edition notes: The unusual sounding notes are correct - ie, m2, the C-G-F-C chord. The original is in e minor.
General Information
Title: Goshen L.M.
Composer: Stephen Jenks
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Shape Notes
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
Published: 1805
Description: Early American music; although not shapenote, his music appears in many later shapenote books.
Original text and translations
English text
O wash my soul from ev'ry sin,
And make my guilty conscience clean;
Here on my heart the burden lies,
and past offences pain my eyes.
My lips with shame my sins confess
Against thy law, against thy grace;
Lord, should thy judgment grow severe,
I am condem'd, but thou art clear.
Should sudden vengeance seize my breath,
I must pronounce thee just in death;
And if my soul were sent to hell,
Thy righteous law approves it well.
Yet save a trembling sinner, Lord,
Whose hope still hovering round thy word,
Would light on some sweet promise there,
Some sure support against despair.