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Abbeville/Come Holy Spirit Come
Shape-Note Gospel Lyrics: Benjamin Beddome (1800); Music: E.J. King The Sacred Harp (1844);
ARTIST: Lyrics: Benjamin Beddome (1800); Music: E.J. King The Sacred Harp (1844);
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CATEGORY: Traditional Shape-Note Gospel;
DATE: Benjamin Beddome (1800); E.J. King The Sacred Harp (1844);
RECORDING INFO: Singers of United Sacred Harp Musical Assoc. led by W. A. Wend
OTHER NAMES: "Prodigal," "Prodigal Son"
SOURCES: Sacred Harp
NOTES: Meter: Short Meter (6,6,8,6) Meter: C.M. 33b Abbeville; Tune: E. J. King, 1844 Words: Benjamin Beddome, 1800
Abbeville is a folk hymn written by E. J. King to the lyrics of Benjamin Beddome
It appeared in B.F. White and E.J. King's The Sacred Harp 1844 edition. Benjamin
Beddome lyrics are in the 10th edition of Rippon’s Selections, 1800, number 211.
Benjamin Beddome (January 23, 1717 – September 23, 1795) was an English Baptist minister and hymnist. He was born in Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire, England.
He was the son of Baptist minister John Beddome. Benjamin was initially apprenticed to a surgeon in Bristol, but in 1739 joined the Baptist church in Prescott Street, and at the call of his church devoted himself to the work of Christian ministry. In 1740 he began to preach at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire and became one of the most highly respected Baptist ministers in western England, known for his literary attainments. In 1752, he wrote A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism, by Way of Question and Answer. In 1770, Beddome received an MA degree from Providence College, Rhode Island.
Beddome long wrote a hymn each week to be sung after his Sunday sermon. Though his hymns were not originally intended for publication, he allowed 13 of them to be included in the Bristol Baptist Collection of Ash & Evans, and 36 in Rippon’s Selection. In 1817, a posthumous collection of his hymns was published as Hymns Adapted to Public Worship or Family Devotion, containing 830 pieces. Today a number of Beddome's hymns are included in the Sacred Harp.
Robert Hall wrote: "The man of taste will be gratifired with the beauty and original turns of thought which many of them exhibit, while the experimental Christian will often perceive the most secret movements of his soul strikingly delineated, and sentiments pourtrayed which will find their echo in every heart."
Benjamin Beddome died and is buried in Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, England
ABBEVILLE- COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME
Come, Holy Spirit, come,
With energy divine,
And on this poor benighted soul,
With beams of mercy shine.
From the celestial hills,
Light, life, and joy dispense;
And may I daily, hourly feel
Thy quickening influence.
Melt, melt, this frozen heart;
This stubborn will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form me all anew.
Mine will the profit be,
But thine shall be the praise;
And unto thee I will devote
The remnant of my days.
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