While O'er Our Guilty Land, O Lord

Text by Samuel Davies, Brian James Dumont

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About this hymn

Date: 1769
Tune: Federal Street
Composer: Henry Kemble Oliver
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, Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful), Church on Earth (Church Militant), Contrition, Fear of the Lord, Forgiveness.

Ps 51:1-19 · Ezra 9:5-15 · 1Kgs 8:46-53 · Job 42:1-6

Musical background

Federal Street 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: verses 1-3, Samuel Davies, 1769. alt. verses 4-6, Brian J. Dumont, 15 Nov 2010. Music: 'Federal Street' Henry K. Oliver, 1832. Setting: "The Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal" (Ohio Synod), 1908. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.