Music
It has been set to at least four hymn tunes:
- The original, "Woodworth", was written by William B. Bradbury, and was first published in the Third Book of Psalmody in 1849. The "Woodworth" tune was first used for the hymn "The God of Love Will Soon Indulge." Thomas Hastings, adapted Bradbury's tune for "Just as I AM" years later.
- Hymns Ancient and Modern (1875) contained a setting "Misericordia" by Henry T. Smart.
- In 1890 Arthur H. Brown wrote "Saffron Walden" which was published in The Hymnal Companion.
- It can also be sung to "Gwylfa" by D. Lloyd Evans.
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