Wheelers Point (William Billings)

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Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2014-09-01).   Score information: Letter, 2 pages, 49 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: Oval-note edition.

General Information

Title: Wheelers Point
Composer: William Billings
Lyricist: Isaac Watts

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB

Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 86. 86 (C.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

Published: 1786

Description: Music transcribed from The Suffolk Harmony, 1786. Words by Isaac Watts, 1709, his Hymn 163, substituted for those in 1786.

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Original text and translations

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Dear Lord! behold our sore distress;
Our sins attempt to reign;
Stretch out Thy arm of conquering grace,
And let Thy foes be slain.

How boundless is our Father's grace,
In height, and depth, and length!
He makes his Son our righteousness,
His Spirit is our strength.