Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet in Tonic Solfa
Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet in Tonic Solfa to OLD HUNDREDTH, doh is G: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 18 verses and a piano.
The solfa with the words
| dGo,---dwor--t,ship- | l,at-s,Im--dman--ruel's- |
| mfeet,---mSee--- | min-mhis-rface-dwhat- |
| fwon--mders-rmeet;--- | dEarth---ris-mtoo- |
| rnar--drow-l,to-t,ex-- | dpress---sHis--- |
| mworth,-dhis-rglo--fry,- | mor-rhis-dgrace.--- |
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- Key
- G major
- Doh
- G
- Time
- 4/4
- Starts on
- d (G)
- Range
- s, to s (D to D, an octave)
- Tune
- OLD HUNDREDTH
- Words
- Isaac Watts
- Music
- Louis Bourgeois
Tune OLD HUNDREDTH by Louis Bourgeois (1510–1560); words by Isaac Watts (1674–1748). Sources and licences.
The solfa line by line
The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.
Doh is G · 4/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in G major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
Go, worship at Immanuel's feet,
See in his face what wonders meet;
Earth is too narrow to express
His worth, his glory, or his grace.
The whole creation can afford
But some faint shadows of my Lord:
Nature to make his beauties known
Must mingle colours not her own.
Is he compar'd to wine or bread?
Dear Lord, our souls would thus be fed;
That flesh, that dying blood of thine,
Is bread of life, is heavenly wine.
Is he a tree? The world receives
Salvation from his healing leaves;
That righteous branch, that fruitful bough,
Is David's root and offspring too.
Is he a rose? Not Sharon yields
Such fragrancy in all her fields:
Or if the lily he assume,
The vallies bless the rich perfume.
Is he a vine? His heavenly root
Supplies the boughs with life and fruit:
O let a lasting union join
My soul the branch to Christ the vine:
Is he the head? Each member lives,
And owns the vital powers he gives;
The saints below, and saints above,
Join'd by his Spirit and his love.
Is he a fountain? There I bathe,
And heal the plague of sin and death
These waters all my soul renew,
And cleanse my spotted garments too.
Is he a fire? he'll purge my dross,
But the true gold sustains no loss;
Like a refiner shall he sit,
And tread the refuse with his feet.
Is he a rock? How firm he proves!
The rock of ages never moves;
Yet the sweet streams that from him flow
Attend us all the desert thro'.
Is he a way? He leads to God,
The path is drawn in lines of blood;
There would I walk with hope and zeal,
Till I arrive at Sion's hill.
Is he a door? I'll enter in
Behold the pastures large and green,
A paradise divinely fair,
None but the sheep have freedom there.
Is he design'd a corner-stone,
For men to build their heaven upon?
I'll make him my foundation too,
Nor fear the plots of hell below.
Is he a temple? I adore
Th'indwelling majesty and power;
And still to this most holy place,
Whene'er I pray, I turn my face.
Is he a star? He breaks the night,
Piercing the shades with dawning light;
I know his glories from afar,
I know the bright, the morning-star.
Is he a sun? His beams are grace,
His course is joy, and righteousness;
Nations rejoice when he appears
To chase their clouds, and dry their tears.
O let me climb those higher skies,
Where storms and darkness never rise!
There he displays his powers abroad,
And shines, and reigns th'incarnate God.
Nor earth, nor seas, nor sun, nor stars,
Nor heaven his full resemblance bears;
His beauties we can never trace,
Till we behold him face to face.
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum G and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
- Pitch the first note. The tune starts on d (G).
- Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
- Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.
New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.
About the hymn
Isaac Watts wrote these words for his Hymns and Spiritual Songs (1707), Book I, collected from the Scriptures, hymn 146, headed “Characters of Christ, borrowed from inanimate things, in scripture”.
Watts' hymns were printed without tunes and sung to any tune of their metre, Long Metre (8.8.8.8). This page sets the words to OLD HUNDREDTH; any other Long Metre tune fits them as well.
- Words (1707): Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
- Melody, Genevan Psalter (1551): Louis Bourgeois (1510–1560)
Tune OLD HUNDREDTH by Louis Bourgeois (1510–1560); words by Isaac Watts (1674–1748).
Sung to the same tune: 'Tis by the Faith of Joys to Come, 'Tis from the Treasures of His Word, 'Twas the Commission of Our Lord, "Come Hither, All Ye Weary Souls, "Go Preach My Gospel, (Saith the Lord,), "Thus Shalt Thou Love the Almighty Lord, Ah Wretched Souls, Who Strive in Vain, All People That on Earth Do Dwell, Amidst a World of Hopes and Fears, And Is the Gospel Peace and Love, As Birds Their Infant Brood Protect, As Showers on Meadows Newly Mown, Awake, My Zeal, Awake, My Love, Away from Every Mortal Care, Be Present at Our Table, Lord, Behold the Potter and the Clay, Behold the Rose of Sharon Here, Behold the Woman's Promis'd Seed, Bless'd Be the Father and His Love, Blest Are the Humble Souls That See, Borne on the Clouds the Christ Arose, Bright King of Glory, Dreadful God, Called by the Sabbath Bells Away, Come to the Living Waters, Come, Come, Dearest Lord, Descend and Dwell, Descend from Heaven, Immortal Dove, Elisha, Struck with Grief and Awe, Even as Thou Saidst, the Spirit Came, Far from My Thoughts, Vain World, Be Gone, Far Let Me Flee from Worldly Sin, Father and Friend, Thy Light, Thy Love, Father, to Thy Kind Love We Owe, For Ever Shall My Song Record, Forth in Thy Name, O Lord, I Go, Give to the Lord, Ye Sons of Fame, God in His Earthly Temple Lays, God Is Our Refuge and Defence, God of Eternity! from Thee, God of My Life, to Thee I Call, God of My Life, Whose Gracious Power, God! the Eternal Awful Name, Great God, How Oft Did Israel Prove, Great God, Thy Glories Shall Employ, Happy the City, Where Their Sons, Happy the Man Whose Cautious Feet, Hath Not Thy Heart Within Thee Burned, He Came Because the Father Willed, Heaven Is a State of Rest from Sin, Here in Thy Name, Eternal God, High in the Heavens, Eternal God, Holy Lord God! I Love Thy Truth, Holy, and True, and Righteous Lord, Honor and Happiness Unite, How Blest the Sacred Tie That Binds, How Oft Have Sin and Satan Strove, How Pleasant, How Divinely Fair, If on Our Daily Course Our Mind, In Vain the Wealthy Mortals Toil, Is There a Lone and Dreary Hour, It Is the Lord Our Saviour's Hand, Jehovah Reigns, His Throne Is High, Jesus, My King, to Thee I Bow, Jesus, Thy Church with Longing Eyes, Jesus, We Bow Before Thy Feet, Like Morning, When Her Early Breeze, Like Music at the Stilly Hour, Lord of the Sabbath, Hear Our Vows, Lord, 'Tis a Pleasant Thing to Stand, Lord, Grant That We E’er Pure Retain, Lord, I Am Thine; but Thou Wilt Prove, Lord, Thou Hast Call'd Thy Grace to Mind, Lord, We Have Wandered from Thy Way, Lord, Who Hast Suffered All for Me, Lord! in Thy Garden Agony, Loud Hallelujahs to the Lord, Millions Within Thy Courts Have Been, Must All the Charms of Nature Then, My Dear Redeemer and My Lord, My God, in Whom Are All the Springs, My God, Shall Sin Its Power Maintain, My God, What Inward Grief I Feel, My Soul, Thy Great Creator Praise, Nature with All Her Powers Shall Sing, Now by the Bowels of My God, Now for a Tune of Lofty Praise, Now Glows the Morn in Beauty Rare, Now Sinks the Fiery Orb of Day, Now to the Lord a Noble Song, Now to the Lord That Makes Us Know, O Bless, Thou Heavenly Potentate, O Christ, When on the Shameful Tree, O God of Love, on Bended Knee, O God, to Whom, in Flesh Revealed, O God! Who Knowest How Frail We Are, O Light That from the Light Wast Born, O Lord of Hosts, Whose Glory Fills, O Lord, How Many Are My Foes, O Source Divine, and Life of All, O Spirit of the Living God, O Thou Eternal One in Three, O Thou, Who Art Above All Height, O Thou, Who on Thy Chosen Son, O Woeful Hour! When from the Night, O, Come, Loud Anthems Let Us Sing, One Cup of Healing Oil and Wine, Oppressed with Unbelief and Sin, Our Souls Shall Magnify the Lord, Poor, Weak, and Worthless Though I Am, Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow (Doxology), Preserve Me, Lord, in Time of Need, Return to Bless My Waiting Eyes, Return, O Wanderer, Return, So Fades the Lovely, Blooming Flower, Spirit of Mercy, Truth, and Love, Stretched on the Cross, the Saviour Dies, Terrible God, That Reign'st on High, That Was a Wonder-working Word, The Christian Warrior, See Him Stand, The God of Mercy Will Indulge, The Lands That Long in Darkness Lay, The Lord Is Come, the Heavens Proclaim, The Lord Is King, and Earth Submits, The Lord of Life to Earth Came Down, The Lord Receives His Highest Praise, The Morning Flowers Display Their Sweets, The New-born Child of Gospel-grace, The Saints Emmanuel'S Portion Are, The Shunemite, Oppressed with Grief, The Wonders, Lord, Thy Love Has Wrought, The Word, Proceeding from Above, Thee We Adore, Eternal Lord, There Was an Hour When Christ Rejoic'd, Think on Me, Lord, for Thou Art Kind, This Day at Thy Creating Word, This Spacious Earth Is All the Lord's, Thou God of Hope, to Thee We Bow, Thou Who Hast Led Our Steps This Day, Thou, Lord, by Strictest Search Hast Known, Thou, Lord, Who Rear'st the Mountain's Height, Thrice Happy Man Who Fears the Lord, Through Every Age, Eternal God, Thus Did the Sons of Abrah'm Pass, Thus Saith the Lord to Ephesus, Thus Saith the Wisdom of the Lord, Thy Mansion Is the Christian's Heart, Thy Name Be Hallowed Evermore, Thy Presence, Gracious God, Afford, Thy Ways, O Lord, with Wise Design, To Thee, Most Holy, and Most High, Unchangeable Almighty Lord, Up to the Lord That Reigns on High, Vain Man, on Foolish Pleasures Bent, We Are a Garden Wall'd Around, We Bless the Lord, the Just, the Good, We Bless Thee for This Sacred Day, We Have a Sure Prophetic Word, We Long to See That Happy Time, What Equal Honours Shall We Bring, What Thousands Never Knew the Road, When Darkness Long Has Veiled My Mind, When First to Make My Heart His Own, When God Restor'd Our Captive State, When God, Provok'd with Daring Crimes, When in the Hour of Utmost Need, When Israel, of the Lord Beloved, When Pain and Anguish Seize Me, Lord, When Power Divine, in Mortal Form, When Strangers Stand and Hear Me Tell, When, Blest Redeemer, Thou Art Near, While Yet the Youthful Spirit Bears, Who Shall the Lord's Elect Condemn, Why on the Bending Willows Hung, Why Should We Start and Fear to Die, With Satan, My Accuser Near, Within Thy Courts Have Millions Met, Ye Sons of Adam, Vain and Young.
Questions about Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet
What is the doh of Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet?
In this version, in G major, doh is G. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.
What note does Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet start on?
It starts on d (G in G major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is Go, Worship at Immanuel's Feet in the public domain?
Yes. Isaac Watts died in 1748, Louis Bourgeois died in 1560; the words were first published in 1707 and the music in 1551. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.