Eternal Love is Thine, a hymn for Yom Kippur by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim 1842)
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open_content_license: Creative Commons Zero (CC 0) Universal license a Public Domain dedication date_src_start: 1842-00-00 date_src_end: 1842-00-00 languages_meta: [{"name":"English","code":"eng","standard":"ISO 639-3"}] scripts_meta: [{"name":"Latin","code":"Latn","standard":"ISO 15924"}] Date: 2021-10-12
Last Updated: 2025-04-16
Categories: Yom Kippur, Repenting, Resetting, and Reconciliation
Tags: 19th century C.E., 57th century A.M., ABAB rhyming scheme, English vernacular prayer, hymns, South Carolina, תשובה teshuvah
Excerpt: "Eternal love is Thine," by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first publishedin 1842, appears under the subject "Day of Atonement: Yom HaKippureem" as Hymn 62 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 64. . . .
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Eternal love is thine, God!
Oh! let me not in error stray.
But chasten with a gentle rod,
And lead me back to virtue’s way.
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With penitential tears I weep,
Turn not away, in wrath, thy face;
Awake my soul from sinful sleep,
And purify it by thy grace.
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Thou, who canst heal the broken heart,
Will hear the suppliant’s prayer;
Thy truth, Thy goodness, oh! impart:
Almighty, take me to thy care!
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“Eternal love is Thine,” by Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), first publishedin 1842, appears under the subject “Day of Atonement: Yom HaKippureem” as Hymn 62 in Hymns Written for the Service of the Hebrew Congregation Beth Elohim, South Carolina (Penina Moïse et al., Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, 1842), p. 64. –Aharon Varady
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Contributor: Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina)
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Name: Caroline de Litchfield Harby
Bio: Caroline de Litchfield Harby (ca.1800-1876), a poet, was associated with her brother Isaac Harby, co-founder of Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina, in his educational work in New York. Several of her hymns are included in the hymn-book of Beth Elohim (1842/1856), and one prayer of hers can be found among the handwritten prayerbooks of the Reformed Society of Israel.
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Name: Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Charleston, South Carolina)
Bio: Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim (Hebrew: קהל קדוש בית אלהים, also known as Ḳ.Ḳ. Beth Elohim, or more simply Congregation Beth Elohim), founded in 1749 in Charleston, South Carolina, is one of the oldest Jewish congregations in the United States. The founding members of the synagogue were Jews of Spanish and Portuguese descent (Sepharadim), who arrived into Charleston via London, England. Before 1830 Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim was a place of worship for Spanish and Portuguese Jews using Portuguese rituals as done in Portugal before the Spanish and Portuguese inquisitions. A splinter group animated by the European Reform movement, the Reformed Society of Israelites, formed in 1824. While at first this group did not succeed in reforming Beth Elohim, by the mid 1830s Beth Elohim had reabsorbed its members and its ḥazzan, Gustavus Poznanski (1804–1879), joined the Reform camp in 1840. After the first synagogue building was destroyed by fire in 1838, it was rebuilt two years afterward (in a Greek Revival style designed by Cyrus L. Warner) with an organ to the chagrin of the traditionalists. Ḳahal Ḳadosh Beth Elohim is recognized as the oldest Reform Jewish congregation in the Americas.
Website: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kahal_Kadosh_Beth_Elohim
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Name: Aharon N. Varady (transcription)
Bio: Aharon Varady (M.A.J.Ed./JTSA Davidson) is a volunteer transcriber for the Open Siddur Project. If you find any mistakes in his transcriptions, please let him know. Shgiyot mi yavin; Ministarot naqeni שְׁגִיאוֹת מִי־יָבִין; מִנִּסְתָּרוֹת נַקֵּנִי "Who can know all one's flaws? From hidden errors, correct me" (Psalms 19:13). If you'd like to directly support his work, please consider donating via his Patreon account. (Varady also translates prayers and contributes his own original work besides serving as the primary shammes of the Open Siddur Project and its website, opensiddur.org.)
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