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== There is a Green Hill Far Away ==
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=Sheet Music=
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*Using the tune ''[[Meditation]]'', with all five verses and the ending AMEN
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**[[media:076 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.pdf|PDF]]
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**[[media:076 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.mid|MIDI]]
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**[[media:076 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.ly|LilyPond]]
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**Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
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**Contributer: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 14:23, 11 September 2007 (MDT)
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*Version from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 252): an arrangement from an old melody
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**[[media:252 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.pdf|PDF]]
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**[[media:252 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.mid|MIDI]]
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**[[media:252 There Is a Green Hill Far Away.ly|LilyPond]]
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**Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
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**Contributer: [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 14:23, 11 September 2007 (MDT)
  
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There is a green hill far away,
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=LDS Notes=
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It seems likely that the reason the third verse is missing in the current LDS hymnal is that the tune ''[[meditation]]'', commonly used with this song (which is in [[common meter]]), was not published in early church hymnals, but rather another tune written in [[common meter double]] was used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]]; there were five verses, and so to make it fit [[common meter double]] one of the verses had to be dropped. [[User:Veramet|Veramet]] 14:23, 11 September 2007 (MDT)
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=Tunes=
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*[[Meditation]], by [[John Henry Gower]]
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*Tune used in [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 252)
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=Lyrics=
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*Poet: [[Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander]] (a discrepancy in dates seems to imply that Cecil Frances Alexander was not the same person as Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, however, this requires some research, as the Cyberhymnal claims they are one and the same)
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*Copyright: [[Public Domain]]
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==Lyrics from [[Service Book and Hymnal: for Evening Prayer and Sunday-Schools, 1891]] (no. 76)==
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<pre>1. There is a green hill far away
 
Without a city wall,
 
Without a city wall,
 
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
 
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
 
Who died to save us all.
 
Who died to save us all.
  
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2. We may not know, we cannot tell,
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What pains He had to bear;
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But we believe it was for us
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He hung and suffered there.
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3. He died that we might be forgiv'n,
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He died to make us good,
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That we might go at last to heav'n
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Saved by His precious blood.
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4. There was no other good enough
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To pay the price of sin.
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He only could unlock the gate
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Of heav'n, and let us in.
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5. O, dearly, dearly has He loved,
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And we must love Him too,
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And trust in His redeeming blood,
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And try His works to do.
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AMEN.</pre>
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==Lyrics from [[Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909]] (no. 252)==
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<pre>1. There is a green hill far away,
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Without a city wall,
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Where the dear Lord was crucified,
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Who died to save us all.
 
We may not know, we cannot tell,
 
We may not know, we cannot tell,
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What pains he had to bear,
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What pains He had to bear;
 
But we believe it was for us
 
But we believe it was for us
 
He hung and suffered there.
 
He hung and suffered there.
  
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There was no other good enough
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2. There was no other good enough
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To pay the price of sin.
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To pay the price of sin;
 
He only could unlock the gate
 
He only could unlock the gate
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Of heaven and let us in.
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Of heav'n, and let us in.
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Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
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And we must love Him too,
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And trust in His redeeming blood,
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And try His works to do.</pre>
  
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Oh, dearly, dearly has he loved!
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Revision as of 13:23, 11 September 2007

Sheet Music

LDS Notes

It seems likely that the reason the third verse is missing in the current LDS hymnal is that the tune meditation, commonly used with this song (which is in common meter), was not published in early church hymnals, but rather another tune written in common meter double was used in Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909; there were five verses, and so to make it fit common meter double one of the verses had to be dropped. Veramet 14:23, 11 September 2007 (MDT)

Tunes

Lyrics

  • Poet: Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander (a discrepancy in dates seems to imply that Cecil Frances Alexander was not the same person as Mrs. Cecil Frances Alexander, however, this requires some research, as the Cyberhymnal claims they are one and the same)
  • Copyright: Public Domain

Lyrics from Service Book and Hymnal: for Evening Prayer and Sunday-Schools, 1891 (no. 76)

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 forgiv'n,
He died to make us good,
That we might go at last to heav'n
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 heav'n, 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.

AMEN.

Lyrics from Deseret Sunday School Songs, 1909 (no. 252)

1. There is a green hill far away,
Without a city wall,
Where the dear Lord was crucified,
Who died to save us all.
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.

2. There was no other good enough
To pay the price of sin;
He only could unlock the gate
Of heav'n, and let us in.
Oh, dearly, dearly has He loved,
And we must love Him too,
And trust in His redeeming blood,
And try His works to do.
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