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Indian Hymn
Author: Thomas Daniel Cowdell Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 28 hymnals First Line: In de dark wood, no Indian nigh
Indian Hymn
INDIAN CONVERT
Meter: 8.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Johnson Incipit: 51117 12221 23332 Used With Text: In de dark woods, no Indian nigh
INDIAN CONVERT
In de dark woods, no Indian nigh
Hymnal: The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #133 (1854) Meter: 8.8.6 Lyrics:
1.
In de dark woods, no Indian high,
Den me look Heb'n, and send up cry,
(Repeat previous line),
Upon my knee so low;
But God on high, in shiny place,
See me at night, wid teary face--
(Repeat previous line),
De preacher tell me so.
2.
God send he angel, take um care,
He cum he self and hear um prayer,
(Repeat previous line),
(If Indian heart do pray,)
He see me now, he know me here;
He say, Poor Indian, never fear,
(Repeat previous line),
Me wid you night and day.
3.
So me lub God, wid inside heart,
He fight for me, he take um part,
(Repeat previous line)
He save um life before;
God hear poor Indian in de wood;
So me lub him, and dat be good
(Repeat previous line)
Me prize him evermore.
4.
De joy I felt I cannot tell,
To tink dat I was saved from hell,
(Repeat previous line),
Through Jesus' streaming blood;
Dat I am saved by grace divine,
Who am de worst of all mankind,
(Repeat previous line),
O glory be to God;
5.
Now I be here baptized to be,
Dat in de water you may see
(Repeat previous line)
De way my Jesus go;
Dis is de way I do believe
Dat Jesus here for us did leave,
(Repeat previous line),
To follow here below.
Languages: English Tune Title: INDIAN CONVERT
In de dark woods, no Indian nigh
In de dark wood, no Indian nigh
Hymnal: Prayer Meeting, Revival, and Union Hymns #d28 (1841)
In de dark wood, no Indian nigh
Alexander Johnson
Person Name: Johnson Composer of "INDIAN CONVERT" in The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.)
Alexander Johnson
William Apess
1789 - 1839 Person Name: William Ahes Author of "In de dark wood, no Indian nigh" in Songs of Zion. 8th ed. William Apess was a Methodist minister, and part Pequot. He was one of the leaders of the Mashpee Revolt in 1833-1834 and an advocate for Native American rights. The hymn "The Indian's Prayer" appears at the end of his biography A Son of the Forest.
Dianne Shapiro, from Carpe Librum Books (https://www.carpelibrumbooks.com/not-william-apess-hymn-the-indians-prayer-ca-1835) (accessed 10/3/2022)
William Apess
Thomas Daniel Cowdell
Author of "Indian Hymn" Thomas Daniel Cowdell was born in London. He emigrated to Halifax in 1789 where he opened a dry goods store anwas a lay preacher in the Methodist Church. "An Indian Hymn" appeared in the 1811 edition of his book The Nova Scotia minstrel. It was reprinted in an 1814 edition of The Youth's Magazine and then in dozens of publications in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Dianne Shapiro, from Carpe Librum Books (https://www.carpelibrumbooks.com/not-william-apess-hymn-the-indians-prayer-ca-1835) (accessed 10/3/2022)
Thomas Daniel Cowdell
