Come, let us to the Lord our God

Author: Scottish Paraphrases Metre: CM (see more)

Come, let us to the Lord our God

with contrite hearts return;

our God is gracious, nor will leave

the desolate to mourn

The Scottish Paraphrases were a response to a growing desire to sing words other than from the Psalms and were finally published in 1781. However, the collection was provisional, sent down from the General Assembly for the opinion of Presbyteries, its use only authorised ‘in the meantime’ and ‘where the Minister finds it for edification’. The process was never completed but the paraphrases passed into wide use. This version of Hosea 6:1-4 was by John Morison DD (1750-1798), minister of Canisbay. The composer of ‘Kilmarnock’, Neil Dougall (1776-1852), who was badly injured in the Navy, was a well-known musical figure in Greenock, where he lived all his life, writing some 100 psalm and hymn tunes. The author of ‘Kedron’, made famous by Glasgow Orpheus Choir (1906-1951) is unknown.

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Kedron

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