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There is a green hill far away

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1 There is a green hill far away,
without a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified,
who died to save us all.

2 We may not know, we cannot tell,
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.

3 He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.

4 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven, and let us in.

5 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.

Source: Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #153

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Author: Cecil Frances Alexander

Alexander, Cecil Frances, née Humphreys, second daughter of the late Major John Humphreys, Miltown House, co. Tyrone, Ireland, b. 1823, and married in 1850 to the Rt. Rev. W. Alexander, D.D., Bishop of Derry and Raphoe. Mrs. Alexander's hymns and poems number nearly 400. They are mostly for children, and were published in her Verses for Holy Seasons, with Preface by Dr. Hook, 1846; Poems on Subjects in the Old Testament, pt. i. 1854, pt. ii. 1857; Narrative Hymns for Village Schools, 1853; Hymns for Little Children, 1848; Hymns Descriptive and Devotional, 1858; The Legend of the Golden Prayers 1859; Moral Songs, N.B.; The Lord of the Forest and his Vassals, an Allegory, &c.; or contributed to the Lyra Anglicana, the S.P.C.K. Psalms and Hym… Go to person page >

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First Line: There is a green hill far away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1848)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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There is a green hill far away. Cecil F. Alexander, née Humphreys. [Good Friday.] First published in her Hymns for Little Children, 1848, p. 31, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, and based upon the words "Suffered under Pontius Pilate, was Crucified, Dead, and Buried," of the Apostles' Creed. It is an exceedingly popular children's hymn, and is in extensive use. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
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[There is a green hill far away] (Stebbins)

George Coles Stebbins (b. East Carlton, NY, 1846; d. Catskill, NY, 1945) composed THE GREEN HILL in 1877 to accompany Cecil F. Alexander's hymn “There Is a Green Hill Far Away.” The tune was published in Gospel Hymns No.3 (1878). The slow harmonic rhythm and mostly stepwise melody build to a cli…

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Instances

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Ambassador Hymnal: for Lutheran worship #67
Ambassador Hymnal: for Lutheran worship #338
Ancient and Modern: hymns and songs for refreshing worship #153Text
Anglican Hymns Old and New (Rev. and Enl.) #740
Church Family Worship #219
Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #244
Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #380TextPage Scan
Common Praise (1998) #202TextPage Scan
Common Praise: A new edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern #123Page Scan
Complete Anglican Hymns Old and New #657TextPage Scan
Complete Mission Praise #674
Hymnal 1982: according to the use of the Episcopal Church #167TextFlexscorePage Scan
Hymns Ancient & Modern, New Standard Edition #137
Hymns and Psalms: a Methodist and ecumenical hymn book #178
Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #148Text
Hymns of Faith #152TextPage Scan
Hymns Old and New: New Anglican #499
Moravian Book of Worship #353TextPage Scan
Praise! Our Songs and Hymns #222Page Scan
Rejoice in the Lord #306Text
Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal #164
Sing Glory: Hymns, Psalms and Songs for a New Century #388
Singing the Faith #284
Small Church Music #282Audio
Small Church Music #2043Audio
The Christian Life Hymnal #160
The Cyber Hymnal #6763TextScoreAudio
The New English Hymnal #92TextPage Scan
Together in Song: Australian hymn book II #350
Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) #256TextPage Scan
Voices United: The Hymn and Worship Book of The United Church of Canada #152TextPage Scan
生命聖詩 - Hymns of Life, 1986 #111
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