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Play “As thy Days, So Shall thy Strength Be”
Free same-meter accompaniment for As thy Days, So Shall thy Strength Be (John Fawcett): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) 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 OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois), a Long Meter (8.8.8.8) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Afflicted saint, to Christ draw near,
- Thy Saviour's gracious promise hear;
- His faithful word declares to thee,
- That as thy day thy strength shall be.
- 2Let not thy heart despond, and say,
- "How shall I stand the trying day?"
- He has engaged by firm decree,
- That as thy day thy strength shall be.
- 3Thy faith is weak, thy foes are strong,
- And if the conflict should be long,
- Thy Lord will make the tempter flee,
- For as thy day thy strength shall be.
- 4Should persecution rage and flame,
- Still trust in thy Redeemer's name;
- In fiery trials thou shalt see
- That as thy day thy strength shall be.
About this music
OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the As thy Days, So Shall thy Strength Be page.
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