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All the vain things that charm me most, I sacrifice them through his blood. Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, or thorns compose so rich a crown? Love so amazing, so divine, demands my soul, my life, my all.

He is said to have shown remarkable precocity in childhood, beginning the study of Latin, in his fourth year, and writing respectable verses at the age of seven. At the age of sixteen, he went to London to study in the Academy of the Rev.

Thomas Rowe, an Independent minister. In , he became assistant minister of the Independent Church, Berry St. In , he became pastor. In , he accepted an invitation to visit Sir Thomas Abney, at his residence of Abney Park, and at Sir Thomas' pressing request, made it his home for the remainder of his life. At that time, metered renditions of the Psalms were intoned by a cantor and then repeated none too fervently, Watts would add by the congregation.

His father, the pastor of the church, rebuked him with "I'd like to see you write something better! Although the tale probably is more legend than fact, it does illustrate the point that the songs of the church need constant infusion of new life, of new generation's praises.

With over hymns to his credit--many of them classics like "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross"--Isaac Watts has rightfully earned the title, "the father of English hymnody. In recent history the hymn text has settled in with Lowell Mason's "Hamburg," an adaptation of a five note count them! Besides writing thousands of hymn tunes he was a church choir director, the president of Boston's Handel and Haydn Society, and a leading figure in music education.

Though "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross" was intended originally as a communion hymn, it gives us plenty to contemplate during Lent as our focus is on the cross Christ. The hymn is said to be based on Galatians May I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world. His dying crimson, like a robe, Spreads o'er his body on the tree; Then am I dead to all the globe, And all the globe is dead to me.

Perhaps Watts eliminated this verse in order to focus more attention on our response to Christ's crucifixion than the crucifixion itself. Notice how he starts with contemplation of the cross and the fact that all our worldly achievements and possessions pale in comparison. Next he shows that Christ went to the cross out of love for us. In the most powerful image of the hymn, he affirms the deity of the suffering Christ with the brilliant juxtaposition: "Did e'er such love and sorrow meet, Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

The first to popularize the four-stanza form of the hymn stanza iv. Whitefield in the Supplement to his Collection of Hymns. It came rapidly into general use. In common with most of the older hymns a few alterations have crept into the text, and in some instances have been received with favour by modern compilers. These include: Stanza ii.

Stanza iii. Stanza iv. The most extensive mutilations of the text were made by T. Cotterill in his Selection ; E. Bickersteth in his Christian Psalmod , ; W.

Hall in his Mitre Hymn Book ; J. Keble in the Salisbury Hymn Book ; and T. Darling in his Hymns for the Church of England , Although Mr. Darling's text was the only one condemned by Lord Selborne in his English Church Hymnody at the York Church Congress in , the mutilations by others were equally bad, and would have justified him in saying of them all, as he did of Mr.

Darling's text in particular:—. The four-stanza form of this hymn has been translated into numerous languages and dialects. Bingham in his Hymno. Christiana Latina , ; and "Mirabilem videns Crucem," by H. Macgill in his Songs of the Christian Creed and Life , Andrews Series Collectarum , , as "Cum miram intueor, de qua Praestantior omni.

The remaining three are, "Awake, my soul, and with the sun;" "Hark! Do you know that altogether you put only fifteen shillings in the collection bag this morning? And so as we sing this hymn of love and awe, we must sing it with a prayer in our hearts, asking God to enable us each day to live our life wholly for him.

He later took out his original fourth verse, which read,. The whole melody only consists of five notes. Some argue that this allows us to focus entirely on the text. It is perhaps too jaunty for this hymn of awe.

On Good Friday, consider singing it at the very end of a Tenebrae or Good Friday service as a reflection on the rest of the service and the events of Holy Week. Suggested music: Joncas, Jan Michael. A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent e. Skip to main content. Home Page. Crucifixion to the World by the Death of Christ. Choral Palms, Passion and Alleluias.

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