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==General Information==
==General Information==
'''Title:''' ''Sincerity''<br>
{{Title|''Sincerity''}}
'''First Line:''' Tis a point I long to know<br>
{{FirstLine|Tis a point I long to know}}
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}}
{{Composer|Oliver Holden}}
{{Lyricist|John Newton}}
{{Lyricist|John Newton (hymnwriter)}}


{{Voicing|4|SATB}}<br>
{{Voicing|4|SATB}}
{{Genre|Sacred|Hymns}} &nbsp; {{meter|77. 77}}
{{Genre|Sacred|}} &nbsp; {{Meter|77. 77}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Language|English}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
{{Instruments|A cappella}}
'''Published:''' 1793
{{Pub|1|1793|in ''[[The Union Harmony (Oliver Holden)|The Union Harmony]]''|vol=Volume 1|pg=90}}
 
{{Pub|2|1806|in {{NoComp|The Young Convert's Companion|Oliver Holden}} for two parts|no=6}}
'''Description:''' First published in <i>The Union Harmony</i>, 1793, Volume 1, p. 90. Words by [[John Newton]], 1779.
{{Descr|Words by [[John Newton (hymnwriter)|John Newton]], 1779.}}
 
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==Original text and translations==
==Original text and translations==
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{{Text|English|
'Tis a point I long to know,
'Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought,
Oft it causes anxious thought,
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Prayer a task and burden prove,
Prayer a task and burden prove,
Every trifle give me pain,
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Savior's love?
If I knew a Savior's love?}}
</poem>
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{{middle|3}}
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When I turn my eyes within,
When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark and, vain and wild,
All is dark and, vain and wild,
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Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Should I grieve at what I feel,
Should I grieve at what I feel,
If I did not love at all?
If I did not love at all?}}
</poem>
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Could I joy his saints to meet,
Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorred,
Choose the ways I once abhorred,
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If I love at all, I'll pray,
If I love at all, I'll pray,
If I have not loved before,
If I have not loved before,
Help me to begin today.
Help me to begin today.}}
</poem>
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  • (Posted 2014-11-02)  CPDL #33274:       
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-02).   Score information: Letter, 1 page, 30 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition. Transcribed from The Union Harmony, 1793.
  • (Posted 2014-11-02)  CPDL #33275:     
Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-11-02).   Score information: 7 x 10 in (landscape), 1 page, 59 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Note shapes added (4-shape).

General Information

Title: Sincerity
First Line: Tis a point I long to know
Composer: Oliver Holden
Lyricist: John Newton (hymnwriter)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Sacred   Meter: 77. 77

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1793 in The Union Harmony, Volume 1, p. 90
    2nd published: 1806 in The Young Convert's Companion for two parts, no. 6
Description: Words by John Newton, 1779.

External websites:

Original text and translations

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'Tis a point I long to know,
Oft it causes anxious thought,
Do I love the Lord or no?
Am I his, or am I not?

If I love, why am I thus?
Why this dull and lifeless frame?
Hardly, sure, can they be worse,
Who have never heard his name!

Could my heart so hard remain,
Prayer a task and burden prove,
Every trifle give me pain,
If I knew a Savior's love?

 

When I turn my eyes within,
All is dark and, vain and wild,
Filled with unbelief and sin,
Can I deem myself a child?

If I pray, or hear, or read,
Sin is mixed with all I do;
You who love the Lord indeed,
Tell me, is it thus with you?

Yet I mourn my stubborn will,
Find my sin a grief and thrall;
Should I grieve at what I feel,
If I did not love at all?

 

Could I joy his saints to meet,
Choose the ways I once abhorred,
Find at times the promise sweet,
If I did not love the Lord?

Lord, decide this doubtful case!
Thou who art the people's sun,
Since upon thy work of grace,
If indeed it be begun.

Let me love thee more and more,
If I love at all, I'll pray,
If I have not loved before,
Help me to begin today.

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