Meter: | 11.8.11.8.D. |
Book: | 1987 Song Book |
Chapter: | The Life of Holiness |
The Saviour of men came to seek and to save
Commissioner James Hay asked the author to write some verses for the tune'The old rustic bridge'. Some time later,when he became the Divisional commander for South London in 1922, he was thinking about the Number of derelict churches and the thousands of Londoners living in the area: 'Crowds of the very people for whom the Army was born.' ln The Officer,January-February 1957, he said:They were an immense challenge to my spirit; what were we doing to reach and save them? Did we care enough? I thought of the One who 'wept over Jerusalem'. Thus came this song.In comments for The Musician,2 July 1938, he wrote:The simple chorus took a lot of time and trouble. I turned phrases again and again, trying and discarding words until, at last, I was satisfied. The song was first used at Swanwick Councils for Corps Officers.'The verses, entitled 'Thy Spirit in Me', appeared in The War Cry , 9 December 1922, and the complete song, with the chorus,was included in The Deliverer, April 1923, under the title'Moved with Compassion'.
Book: | 1987 Tune Book |
Composer: | J . P. Skelly |
Lyricist: | J . P. Skelly |
Key: | A♭ |
Alt. Key: | -- |
Tempo: | 72 |
Capo: | -- |
Metronome: | ♩ = 72 |
Meter: | 11.8.11.8.D. |