To Avert From Men God's Wrath

Text by John Hus

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About this hymn

Date: 1400
Tune: Gethsemane
Composer: Richard Redhead
Key: Eb
Meter: 7 7 7 7 7 7

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Comfort, God, Care of.

1Thess 5:9 · Eph 5:6-14 · Rom 5:9-10 · 1Cor 11:23-29 · Jn 6:50-57 · 1Jn 1:9

Musical background

Gethsemane is presented in the source key of Eb, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Latin c. 1400, sometimes attr. John Hus. Translated Christian Ignatius Latrobe, 1789. Music: 'Gethsemane' or 'Petra' Richard Redhead, 1853. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1896. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.