Aigbagbo Bila

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1 Aigbagbo bila! temi l’Oluwa
On o si dide fun igbala mi;
Ki nsa ma gbadura, On o se ranwo:
’Gba Krist wa lodo mi, ifoiya ko si.

2 B’ona mi mi ba su, on l’o sa nto mi,
Ki nsa gboran sa, On o si pese;
Bi iranlowo eba gbogba saki,
Oro t’enu Re so y’o bori dandan.

3 Ife t’o nfi han, ko je ki nro pe
Y’o fi mi sile ninu wahala;
Iranwo ti mo si nri lojojumo,
O nki mi laiya pe, emi o la ja.

4 Emi o se kun tori iponju,
Tabi irora? O ti so tele!
Mo m’ oro Re p’ awon ajogun ’gbala,
Nwon ko le s’aikoja larin wahala.

5 Eda ko le so kikiro ago
T’Olugbala mu, k’elese le ye;
Aiye Re tile buru ju temi lo,
Jesu ha le jiya, K’emi si ma sa!

6 Nje b’ohun gbogbo ti nsise ire
Adun n’ikoro, onje li ogun
B’ona tile koro, sa ko ni pe mo,
Gbana ori ’segun yio ti dun to!

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15870

Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumul­tuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries. Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Aigbagbo bila! temi l’Oluwa
Title: Aigbagbo Bila
English Title: Begone unbelief
Author: John Newton
Translator: Anonymous
Meter: 10.10.11.11
Language: Yoruba
Copyright: Public Domain

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HANOVER (Croft)

William Croft (b. Nether Ettington, Warwickshire, England, 1678; d. Bath, Somerset, England, 1727) was a boy chorister in the Chapel Royal in London and then an organist at St. Anne's, Soho. Later he became organist, composer, and master of the children of the Chapel Royal, and eventually organist a…

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