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Play “A Song of Praise to Christ”
Free same-meter accompaniment for A Song of Praise to Christ (Samuel Stennett): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune DARWALL'S 148TH (John Darwall) in four-part harmony, 4 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
Sung here to DARWALL'S 148TH (John Darwall), a 6.6.6.6.8.8 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Come, every pious heart,
- That loves the Saviour’s name,
- Your noblest powers exert
- To celebrate his fame;
- Tell all above, and all below,
- That debt of love, to him you owe.
- 2He left his starry crown,
- And laid His robes aside,
- On wings of love came down,
- And wept, and bled, and died:
- What he endured, oh, who can tell,
- To save our souls from death and hell?
- 3From the dark grave he rose,
- The mansions of the dead,
- And thence his mighty foes
- In glorious triumph led;
- Up through the sky the conqueror rode,
- And reigns on high, the Saviour God.
- 4Jesus, we ne’er can pay
- The debt we owe thy love;
- Yet tell us how we may
- Our gratitude approve;
- Our hearts, our all to thee we give,--
- The gift, though small, thou wilt receive.
About this music
DARWALL'S 148TH — John Darwall. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book with Hymnal', ULCA 1918 Hymn 68. Lyrics from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1931 Hymn 11.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the A Song of Praise to Christ page.
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