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==Music files== | ==Music files== | ||
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*{{PostedDate|2015-06-12}} {{CPDLno|35717}} [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bprb.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bprb.mxl|{{XML}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2015-06-12}} {{CPDLno|35717}} [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bpr.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bprb.mid|{{mid}}]] [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793bprb.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-06-12}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|83}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-06-12}}{{ScoreInfo|Letter|2|83}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|Oval note edition. The other six stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.}} | ||
*{{PostedDate|2015-06-12}} {{CPDLno|35716}} [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] | *{{PostedDate|2015-06-12}} {{CPDLno|35716}} [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793a.pdf|{{pdf}}]] [[Media:NixingtonShumway1793a.mxl|{{XML}}]] | ||
{{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-06-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|80}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | {{Editor|Barry Johnston|2015-06-12}}{{ScoreInfo|7 x 10 in (landscape)|1|80}}{{Copy|Public Domain}} | ||
: | :{{EdNotes|Note shapes added (4-shape). Four selected additional stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.}} | ||
==General Information== | ==General Information== | ||
{{Title|''Nixington''}} | |||
{{FirstLine|Day of judgment, day of wonders}} | |||
{{Composer|Nehemiah Shumway}} | {{Composer|Nehemiah Shumway}} | ||
{{Lyricist|John Newton}} | {{Lyricist|John Newton (hymnwriter)}} | ||
{{Voicing|4|SATB}} | {{Voicing|4|SATB}} | ||
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{ | {{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} {{Meter|87. 87. 47}} (87. 87. 11.) | ||
{{Language|English}} | {{Language|English}} | ||
{{Instruments|A cappella}} | {{Instruments|A cappella}} | ||
{{ | {{Pub|1|1793|in Shumway's ''[[The American Harmony (Nehemiah Shumway)|The American Harmony]]'', p. 176.}} | ||
{{Descr|Words by [[John Newton (hymnwriter)|John Newton]], his Hymn 77 of Book 2, entitled ''The Day of Judgment''.}} | |||
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==Original text and translations== | ==Original text and translations== | ||
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Shakes the vast creation round! | Shakes the vast creation round! | ||
How the summons will | How the summons will | ||
the sinner’s heart confound! | |||
2. See the Judge our nature wearing, | 2. See the Judge our nature wearing, | ||
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Then shall say, this God is mine! | Then shall say, this God is mine! | ||
Gracious Savior, own | Gracious Savior, own | ||
me in that day for thine! | |||
3. At His call the dead awaken, | 3. At His call the dead awaken, | ||
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By His look, prepare to flee. | By His look, prepare to flee. | ||
Careless sinner, what | Careless sinner, what | ||
will then become of thee?}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | {{middle|3}} | ||
{{Text|Simple| | {{Text|Simple| | ||
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“Hence, accursed wretch, depart! | “Hence, accursed wretch, depart! | ||
Thou with Satan | Thou with Satan | ||
and his angels, have thy part!” | |||
5. Satan, who now tries to please you, | 5. Satan, who now tries to please you, | ||
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Plunge you in the burning lake, | Plunge you in the burning lake, | ||
Think, poor sinner, | Think, poor sinner, | ||
thy eternal all’s at stake. | |||
6. But to those who have confessed, | 6. But to those who have confessed, | ||
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See the kingdom I bestow: | See the kingdom I bestow: | ||
You forever shall | You forever shall | ||
my love and glory know.”}} | |||
{{middle|3}} | {{middle|3}} | ||
{{Text|Simple| | {{Text|Simple| | ||
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Sighs shall then be changed to praise: | Sighs shall then be changed to praise: | ||
We shall triumph | We shall triumph | ||
when the world is in a blaze.}} | |||
{{bottom}}''The Day of Judgment'' by John Newton, 1779 | {{bottom}}''The Day of Judgment'' by John Newton, 1779 | ||
Latest revision as of 22:32, 21 April 2022
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- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-12). Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 83 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Oval note edition. The other six stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.
- Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2015-06-12). Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 80 kB Copyright: Public Domain
- Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape). Four selected additional stanzas from Newton's hymn added below.
General Information
Title: Nixington
First Line: Day of judgment, day of wonders
Composer: Nehemiah Shumway
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred, Hymn Meter: 87. 87. 47 (87. 87. 11.)
Language: English
Instruments: A cappella
First published: 1793 in Shumway's The American Harmony, p. 176
Description: Words by John Newton, his Hymn 77 of Book 2, entitled The Day of Judgment.
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Original text and translations
English text 1. Day of judgment, day of wonders! |
4. Horrors past imagination, |
7. Under sorrows and reproaches, |
The Day of Judgment by John Newton, 1779