- Cheryl Frances-Hoad
As Sin is Nothing, Let it Nowhere Be (2019)
- Chester Music Ltd (World)
Commissioned by The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn. First performed by Lincoln's Inn Choir as part of the annual John Donne service on 29th March 2020.
- org
- SATB
- 4 min 30 s
- John Donne
Programme Note
Commissioned by Lincoln's Inn for a performance by the Chapel Choir in 2020.
Son of God, hear us, and since Thou
By taking our blood, owest it us again,
Gain to Thyself, or us allow;
And let not both us and Thyself be slain;
O Lamb of God, which took'st our sin,
Which could not stick to Thee,
O let it not return to us again;
But patient and physician being free,
As sin is nothing, let it nowhere be.
Son of God, hear us, and since Thou
By taking our blood, owest it us again,
Gain to Thyself, or us allow;
And let not both us and Thyself be slain;
O Lamb of God, which took'st our sin,
Which could not stick to Thee,
O let it not return to us again;
But patient and physician being free,
As sin is nothing, let it nowhere be.