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Play “Behold the Savior of Mankind”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Behold the Savior of Mankind (Samuel Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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 ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Behold the Savior of mankind
- Nailed to the shameful tree!
- How vast the love that Him inclined
- To bleed and die for Thee!
- 2Hark, how He groans! while nature shakes,
- And earth's strong pillars bend!
- The temple's veil in sunder breaks,
- The solid marbles rend.
- 3'Tis done; the precious ransom's paid;
- "Receive my soul!" He cries:
- See where He bows His sacred head!
- He bows His head and dies.
- 4But soon He'll break death's envious chain,
- And in full glory shine.
- O Lamb of God! was ever pain,
- Was ever love, like Thine?
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 Behold the Savior of Mankind page.
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