Glory to God ‎#444

444. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive

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Text Information

• First Line: "Forgive our sins as we forgive"
• Title: Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive
• Author: Rosamond E. Herklots (1969, 1983, alt.)
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Matthew 5:21-24
  ;
  Matthew 6:9-15
  ;
  Matthew 18:21-35
  ;
  Mark 11:24-25
  ;
  Ephesians 4:25-27
  ;
  Colossians 3:13-14
• Topic: Forgiveness; Grace; Reconciliation
• Copyright: © 1969, 1983 Rosamond E. Herklots
• ONE LICENSE: 17454; 59738

Tune Information

• Name: DETROIT
• Harmonizer: Margaret W. Mealy (1985)
• Meter: CM
• Key: d minor
• Source: Supplement to Kentucky Harmony, 1820

Text Information:

Few petitions of the Lord’s Prayer are as difficult to pray as this one, and we would not dare to pray it if we had to depend on ourselves rather than the example of forgiveness we are given in Jesus Christ. The shape note tune sets these words with appropriate spareness.