Lord of glory, Who hast bought us

Lord of glory, Who hast bought us. Elizabeth Sibbald Alderson* (1818-1889). Written in 1864, and submitted to the committee for the Appendix (1868) to the First Edition of A&M. It was included in the section entitled ‘Almsgiving’. Alderson asked the committee to agree that the tune could be written by her brother, John Bacchus Dykes*. It was accepted for the Appendix; the tune was called CHARITAS, an odd coinage (one would expect CARITAS) from the last word of the final verse (5). The hymn originally had five stanzas: Lord of glory, Who hast bought us  With Thy life-blood as the price,Never grudging for the lost ones  That tremendous sacrifice,And with that hast freely given  Blessings...