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REPENTANCE.
C.
M.
D.
"But,
except
ye
repent,
ye
shall
all
likewise
perish."-LUKE
13:3.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1769.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
PECK.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
Oh,
if
my
soul
was
formed
for
woe,
How
would
I
vent
my
sighs!
Repentance
should
like
rivers
flow,
From
both
my
streaming
eyes.
'Twas
for
my
sins
my
Oh,
if
my
soul
was
formed
for
woe,
How
would
I
vent
my
sighs!
Repentance
should
like
rivers
flow,
From
both
my
streaming
eyes.
'Twas
'Twas
for
my
sins
my
'Twas for my
sins
my
dearest
Lord
Hung
on
that
cursed
tree,
And
groaned
away
his
dying
life,
For
thee,
my
soul,
for
thee,
For
thee,
my
soul,
for
thee.
thee.
dearest
Lord.....
Hung
on
that
cursed
tree,
And
groaned
away,
for
my
sins
my
dearest
Lord
Hung
on
that
cursed
tree,
And
groaned
away
his
dying
life,
For
thee,
my
soul,
for
thee,
For
thee,
my
soul,
for
thee.
thee.
dearest
Lord.....
Hung
on
that
cursed
tree,
And
groaned
away
his
dying
life,.....
The
above
tune
is
an
old
melody
that
appears
in
the
first
books
published
in
America.
See
Wyeth's
Song
Book,
called
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music,"
published
1810,
page
20,
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker,
1835,
page
161,
"Christian
Harmony,"
by
Wm.
Walker,
1866,
page
156.
The
hymn
was
first
published
in
"Watts'
Hymn
Book,
No.
2,"
under
the
title
of
"Repentence
at
the
cross."
The
hymn
has
five
stanzas.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.