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Horsley

There is a green hill far away

167

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

Modality

D Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Cecil Frances Alexander [1818-1895 (alt.)]

Composer

William Horsley [1744-1858]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Mar 28, 2024 19:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 06, 2023 19:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Apr 14, 2022 19:00 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 24, 2016 19:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA
• Used on Apr 02, 2015 19:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

There is a green hill far away,
outside a city wall,
where our 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.

He died that we might be forgiven,
he died to make us good,
that we might go at last to heaven,
saved by his precious blood.

There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin,
he only could unlock the gate
of heaven and let us in.

O dearly, dearly has he loved!
And we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming blood,
and try his works to do.