'Twas On That Dark, That Doleful Night

Text by Isaac Watts

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About this hymn

Date: 1709
Tune: St
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Key: F
Meter: 8 8 8 8

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 Atonement, Blood, Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Easter Week / Passion, God, Love of, Grace.

1Cor 11:23-26 · Rom 3:23-25 · Mt 26:26-28 · Mk 14:22-25 · Lk 22:14-20 · 1Jn 4:10

Musical background

St is presented in the source key of F, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

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

Words: Isaac Watts, 1709. Music: 'St. Cross' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.