The hymn-text was written by Nahum Tate around 1706. The hymn-tune is not the one usually found in American hymnals but this old Lancashire tune with its duple meter certainly yields an energetic piece. The canonic phrase near the end …Read More
The hymn-text was written by Nahum Tate around 1706. The hymn-tune is not the one usually found in American hymnals but this old Lancashire tune with its duple meter certainly yields an energetic piece. The canonic phrase near the end and the melisma in part I adds variety and further excitement to the rousing ending.