581 Show Me Thy Ways, o Lord
Psalm XXV
Scottish Psalter, 1650
Psalm 25:4-7. A Prayer to God for Guidance and Forgiveness.
MUSIC. ST. BRIDE appeared in Parochial Harmony; consisting of a collection of Psalm tunes in three and four parts, &c., by William Riley, 1762, where it was set to the new version of Psalm 130 and headed “St. Bridget’s Tune by Mr. Sam’l Howard.” The tune is in strict psalm-tune style and therefore simple in structure. But it has strength and high quality and is deserving of its wide and continuous use.
Samuel Howard, 1710-82, London musician, was organist of St. Clement Danes and of St. Bride’s churches. He was a popular composer of both sacred and secular music.