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Text:Throned Upon the Awful Tree
Alterer (stanzas 1, 2 & 4):Compiler
Author:John Ellerton (1826-1893)
Tune:THRONED

125. Throned Upon the Awful Tree

Text Information
First Line: Throned upon the awful tree
Title: Throned Upon the Awful Tree
Author: John Ellerton (1826-1893) (1875)
Alterer (stanzas 1, 2 & 4): Compiler (1972)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1972
Scripture:
Topic: Book One: Hymns, Songs, Chorales; Jesus Christ: Suffering, Death of
Copyright: Stanzas 1, 2, 4 Text Copyright © 1972 by The Christian Hymnary Publishers
Notes: He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief … Surely He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows … He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities … the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all … He was afflicted, yet He opened not His mouth: He is brought as a lamb to the slaughter … Is. 53:3-7.
Tune Information
Name: THRONED
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Key: B Major
Source: Welsh Hymn Melody
Notes: M.M. 58



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