The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace in Tonic Solfa
The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace in Tonic Solfa: the solfa line by line with the words, staff notation, all 6 verses, and a piano to sing along with.
- Key
- F major
- Doh
- F
- Time
- 6/4
- Starts on
- d (F)
- Range
- t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
- Tune
- HERR JESU CHRIST, DICT ZU UNS WEND
- Words
- Matthias Loy
- Music
- From Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune HERR JESU CHRIST, DICT ZU UNS WEND (From Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628); words by Matthias Loy (1828–1915). Sources and licences.
The solfa with the words
| dThe--- | mGos----spel-mshows---rthe- | mFa--fether's-sgrace,---lWho--- |
| ssent---mhis-rSon---dto- | dsave-t,our-drace,---rPro---- |
| mclaims---mhow-rJe----ssus- | slived-feand-sdied---mThat--- |
| fman---mmight-rthus---dbe- | djus--t,ti--dfied.--- |
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 WhatsApp message to the choir.
Doh is F · 6/4
Staff notation
The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.
The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.
The words
The Gospel shows the Father's grace,
Who sent his Son to save our race,
Proclaims how Jesus lived and died
That man might thus be justified.
It sets the Lamb before our eyes,
Who made th'atoning sacrifice,
And calls the souls with guilt oppressed
To come and find eternal rest.
It brings the Savior's righteousness
Our souls to robe in royal dress;
From all our guilt it brings release
And gives the troubled conscience peace.
It is the pow'r of God to save
From sin and Satan and the grave;
It works the faith, which firmly clings
To all the treasures which it brings.
It bears to all the tidings glad
And bids their hearts no more be sad;
The heavy laden souls it cheers
And banishes their guilty fears.
May we in faith its tidings learn
Nor thanklessly its blessings spurn;
May we in faith its truth confess
And praise the Lord our Righteousness!
How to sing it from the solfa
- Find doh first. Play or hum F 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 (F), on the word “The”, as a pickup before the first full bar.
- Count the time. 6/4 means six crotchet beats (two dotted minims) 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 and the chromatic fe. 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
The words are by Matthias Loy, first published in 1863. The tune, HERR JESU CHRIST, DICT ZU UNS WEND, is from Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628. This version of the melody and the words comes from the Open Hymnal Project.
- Words (1863): Matthias Loy (1828–1915)
- Melody (1628): From Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628
Melody and words from the Open Hymnal Project (public domain), edited by Brian J. Dumont; tune HERR JESU CHRIST, DICT ZU UNS WEND (From Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628); words by Matthias Loy (1828–1915). The Open Hymnal Project publishes this hymn as public domain; NoteFusion's engine wrote the solfa from its notes. The melody has not yet been checked against a printed hymn book.
Questions about The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace
What is the doh of The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace?
In this version, in F major, doh is F. 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 The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace start on?
It starts on d (F in F major), a pickup on the word “The” before the first full bar. Find doh first, then sing up or down to d.
Is The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace in the public domain?
Yes. Matthias Loy died in 1915; the words were first published in 1863 and the music in 1628. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in Nigeria, the UK, the EU and the United States. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.