Unity (Jeremiah Ingalls)

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(Posted 2017-09-24) CPDL #46480:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-09-24). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 33 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Four-part version; Counter part written by B. C. Johnston, 2017. Note shapes added (4-shape). All eight stznas included, as in Ingalls 1805.

(Posted 2017-09-24) CPDL #46479:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-09-24). Score information: Letter, 1 page, 59 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Oval note edition, as written in 1805. All eight stanzas included, as in Ingalls 1805.

(Posted 2017-09-24) CPDL #46478:

Editor: Barry Johnston (submitted 2017-09-24). Score information: 7 x 10 inches (landscape), 1 page, 31 kB Copyright: Public Domain

Edition notes: Three-part version. Note shapes added (4-shape). All eight stanzas included, as in Ingalls 1805.

General Information

First Line: Let strife forever cease
Title: Unity
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls
Lyricist: Anonymous

Number of voices: 3vv Voicing: STB
Genre: Sacred Meter: 66. 86 (S.M.)

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1805 in Ingalls' The Christian Harmony, p. 32, for three voices: Treble-Tenor-Bass
Description: Words by an anonymous author, apparently first published in 1794. In Ingalls 1805 it has eight stanzas.

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Original text and translations

English text

1. Let strife forever cease,
And envy quit the field,
Come join and live in love and peace,
And to the gospel yield.

2. Let bitter words no more
Among the saints remain;
Let every member, every hour,
Submit to Jesus' reign.

3. One Lord we have to fear.
One faith we all confess;
To the same baptism adhere,
And magnify free grace.

4. Then why should we contend,
For meat and drink and dress,
And crucify the Lord again,
And pierce his wounds afresh.

5. When bitter words arise,
Then Satan has his ends;
We wound the heart and hands of Christ,
Amidst his chosen friends.

6. No more we'll feel the flame,
Nor judge ourselves too wise;
But search with care to find the beam,
That lurks within our eyes.

7. Unto the world we prove,
That we disciples are;
They shall behold us walk in love,
And say the Lord is there.

8. Then we will live like those
Who now agree in love;
And when our eyes by death shall close,
We'll join with them above.

(Smith and Sleeper, Divine Hymns or Spiritual Songs, 1794)