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Free same-meter accompaniment for A Wedding Hymn (John Berridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 6 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.
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- 1At Cana, Lord, Thou didst appear
- To grace a marriage feast;
- We ask Thee likewise to be here,
- And be a wedding guest.
- 2Upon the wedded pair look down,
- Who now have plighted hands;
- Their union with Thy favor crown,
- And bless their nuptial bands.
- 3With gifts of grace their hearts endow,
- Of all rich dowries best!
- Their substance bless, and peace bestow,
- To sweeten all the rest.
- 4In purest love their souls unite,
- That they, with Christian care,
- May make domestic burdens light,
- By taking mutual share.
- 5True helpers may they prove indeed,
- In prayer and faith and hope;
- And see with joy a godly seed
- To build their household up.
- 6On ev'ry soul assembled here,
- O make Thy face to shine;
- Thy goodness more our hearts can cheer
- Than richest food or wine.
About this music
ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the A Wedding Hymn page.
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