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At Calvary
Author: William R. Newell Meter: 9.9.9.4 with refrain Appears in 166 hymnals First Line: Years I spent in vanity and pride Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great, and grace was free Topics: Christ Cross of; Contrition; Cross of Christ; Repentance
At Calvary
Years I spent in vanity and pride (At Calvary)
Author: William Reed Newell, 1868-1956 Hymnal: Complete Mission Praise #967 (1999) First Line: Years I spent in vanity and pride Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great and grace was free Topics: Living the Christian Life Confession and Repentance; Living the Christian Life Salvation and the Cross Languages: English Tune Title: [Years I spent in vanity and pride]
Years I spent in vanity and pride (At Calvary)
Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride
Author: William R. Newell Hymnal: Hymns for the Living Church #286 (1974) Meter: 9.9.9.4 with refrain Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great, and grace was free Lyrics: 1 Years I spent in vanity and pride,
Caring not my Lord was crucified,
Knowing not it was for me He died
On Calvary.
Refrain:
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was multiplied to me;
There my burdened soul found liberty,
At Calvary.
2 By God's Word at last my sin I learned,
Then I trembled at the law I'd spurned,
Till my guilty soul imploring turned
To Calvary. (Refrain)
3 Now I've giv'n to Jesus everything;
Now I gladly own Him as my King;
Now my raptured soul can only sing
Of Calvary. (Refrain)
4 O, the love that drew salvation's plan!
O, the grace that brought it down to man!
O, the mighty gulf that God did span
At Calvary. (Refrain) Topics: Christ Death; Testimony, Hymns of; Witness, Hymns of Scripture: Isaiah 55:7 Languages: English Tune Title: CALVARY
Years I Spent in Vanity and Pride
Years I Spent In Vanity And Pride
Author: William Reed Newell Hymnal: Hymns of Faith and Life #250 (1976) Meter: 9.9.9.4 with refrain Refrain First Line: Mercy there was great, and grace was free Topics: The Christian Life; Christian Conversion Repentance Scripture: Luke 23:33 Languages: English
Years I Spent In Vanity And Pride
John W. Peterson
1921 - 2006 Arranger of "[Years I spent in vanity and pride]" in Favorites Number 6
John W. Peterson
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
b. 1953 Person Name: Evelyn Simpson-Curenton, b. 1953 Arranger of "AT CALVARY" in African American Heritage Hymnal Evelyn Simpson Curenton (born 1953) is a leading African-American composer, pianist, organist, and vocalist.
Simpson Curenton began piano lessons at age 5, began to perform with the Singing Simpsons of Philadelphia, a family group, and earned a B.M., Music Education and Voice from Temple University.
She has been commissioned to write works for the American Guild of Organists, George Shirley, the late Duke Ellington, and her sister, the late Joy Simpson, arranged music for Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman, and the Porgy and Bess Chorus of the New York Metropolitan Opera, and has performed with musical organizations such as Philadelphia's National Opera Ebony (later renamed Opera North).
Based in the Washington, D.C., area, Curenton is Music Director of the Washington Performing Arts Society's Men and Women of the Gospel and an associate of the Smithsonian Institution. She has given lectures and participated in workshops on early 18th-century black religious music and the music of African-Americans during the Civil Rights era.
--en.wikipedia.org
Evelyn Simpson-Curenton
William Newell
1804 - 1881 Author of "Mercy there was great, and grace was free;" in Small Church Music Rv William Newell DD USA 1804-1881. Born at Littleton, MA, son of a storekeeper, his family moved to Boston when he was a child. In 1814 he entered the Latin School, graduating four years later. He wrote a lengthy poem for his graduation exercise and was accepted into Harvard, receiving a BA in 1824. He taught for a year at the Latin School, then entered Harvard Divinity School, graduating in 1828. Professor Andrews Norton, who took a lasting interest in him, said his literary acumen was unequaled. He was much consulted by men of letters as a result. After college, he traveled for several months, then accepted a pastorate at the First Parish in Cambridge. In 1830 he was ordained. In 1832 a new church was built by the college across the street. He began ministry there just after a large minority of worshippers had left the church to organize the Shepard Congregational Society. Controversy in the parish between orthodox and liberal members was bitter, and the minority protested against Newell as pastor. He refused to engage in controversy and ignored all hostility. As a result of his gentleness, the quarrel soon passed into oblivion. In 1835 he married Francis Boott Wells, and they had six children: William, Frances, Robert, Kirk, Louise, and Jane. His domestic life was a happy one. Harvard conferred to him his DD degree in 1853. He remained as pastor of the First Parish until his retirement in 1868. His congregation was very diverse, consisting of academic people, retired ministers, and common folk. Somehow he managed to please most everybody through his simple and direct sermons. He wrote Bible commentaries and much verse, but never tried to publish it. He had come to Cambridge in delicate health, but managed to labor as he wished until the last year of his life, when he developed a painful illness. However, he remained cheerful and content. He died at Cambridge.
John Perry
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Newell, William, D.D., b. at Littleton, Mass., Feb. 25, 1804, educated at Harvard, entered the Unitarian Ministry in 1830, retired in 1868, and died in 1881. In Putnam's Singers and Songs, 1874, there are 11 of his hymns and poems. His "All hail, God's angel, Truth" (Thanksgiving), is in Horder's Worship Song, with Tunes, 1905.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)
William Newell
