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SARDINIA
C.
M.
D.
"Then
said
Jesus,
Father
forgive
them;
for
they
know
not
what
they
do."
Luke
23-34.
Key
of
E
Minor.
G.Gastil,
18th
Century.
1.
Behold
the
love,-
the
gen'rous
love
That
ho-ly
Da
-
vid
shows
!
Behold
his
kind
compassion
move
For
hs
af
-
flict
-
ed
foesl
'A'hen
2.
How
did
his
flow
-
ing
tears
con-dole
As
for
a
brother
dead!
And
fasting,
mor-ti-fied
his
soul,
While
for
their
lives
he
pray'd.
They
3.
O
glorious
type
of
heavly
grace!
Thus
Christ
the
Lord
appears;
While
sinners
curse,
the
Saviour
prays,
And
pi-ties
them
with
tears.
He
they
are
sick
his
soul
complains,
And
seems
to
feel
the
smart;
...
...
The
spir
-
it
of
the
gos
-
pel
reigns,
And
melts
his
pi
-
ous
heart.
groan'd
and
cursed
him
on
their
bed,
Yet
still
he
pleads
and
mourns;
...
...
And
dou-ble
blessings
on
his
head
The
righteous
Lord
re - turns.
the
true
David,
Israel's
King,
Bless'd
and
beloved
of
God,
...
To
save
us
reb - els,
dead
in
sin,
paid
his
own
dearest
blood.
G.
Castil,
the
author
of
the
tune
Sardinia,
was
a
composer
and
author
born
at
Mantefiascon
in
1721,
died
in
Paris
1808,
the
exact
date
of
the
tune
is
not
known,
it
was
sometime
during
the
18th
century.
It
is
one
of
the
oldest
melodies.
Mr.
Castil
resided
for
some
time
at
the
Court
of
Joseph
II;
this
tune
was
in
the
early
song
books
of
America.
See
Southern
Harmony
by
Wm.
Walker
1835,
page
126.
Mosouri
Harmony
1837
by
Carden,
page
92.
The
words
are
In
Mercers
Cluster,
page
71
under
the
title
of
"The
Love
of
Christ
in
death
to
sinners
typefied
in
David."
The
book
was
printed
by
Jesse
Mercer
in
1823.
He
was
a
Georgian,
lived
at
Powellton,
Ga.
The
book
does
not
give
the
authors
name.