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Great is our guilt, our fears are great

Great is our guilt, our fears are great

Author: Anne Steele
Published in 7 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Great is our guilt, our fears are great'
But naught shall prompt despair,
while open is the mercy-seat
to penitence and prayer.

2 Kind Intercessor! to thy love
This blest resource we owe:
Thy merits plead for us above,
While we implore below.

Hymnal: according to the use of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America, 1871

Author: Anne Steele

Anne Steele was the daughter of Particular Baptist preacher and timber merchant William Steele. She spent her entire life in Broughton, Hampshire, near the southern coast of England, and devoted much of her time to writing. Some accounts of her life portray her as a lonely, melancholy invalid, but a revival of research in the last decade indicates that she had been more active and social than what was previously thought. She was theologically conversant with Dissenting ministers and "found herself at the centre of a literary circle that included family members from various generations, as well as local literati." She chose a life of singleness to focus on her craft. Before Christmas in 1742, she declined a marriage proposal from contemporar… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Great is our guilt, our fears are great
Author: Anne Steele
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

BELMONT (Gardiner)

This tune has been mis-attributed to various other composers, but is clearly the work of the above-named composer.

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GLOUCESTER (Ravenscroft)


Timeline

Instances

Instances (1 - 7 of 7)
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A New Hymnal for Sunday Schools #63c

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #174a

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Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church with Music (Gilbert & Goodrich) #174b

Text

Hymnal #174

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Hymnal #174

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The Church Hymnal with Canticles #174

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The Hymnal #174

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