LOOK: Sheep in the Moonlight by Craigie Aitchison
LISTEN: “There Is a Green Hill Far Away” | Words by Cecil Frances Alexander, 1848
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.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.
>> Version 1: Music by William Horsley, 1844 | Performed by The Gesualdo Six, dir. Owain Park, 2021:
>> Version 2: Music by John H. Gower, 1890 | Performed by The Lower Lights on A Hymn Revival, 2010:
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