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Free accompaniment for Beneath the Cross of Jesus (Elizabeth Cecilia Clephane): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. CHRISTOPHER (Frederick C. Maker) 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.
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- 1Beneath the cross of Jesus
- I fain would take my stand,
- The shadow of a mighty Rock
- Within a weary land,
- A home within the wilderness,
- A rest upon the way,
- From the burning of the noon-tide heat,
- And the burden of the day.
- 2Upon that cross of Jesus
- Mine eye at times can see
- The very dying form of One
- Who suffered there for me;
- And from my smitten heart with tears,
- Two wonders I confess, -
- The wonders of His glorious love
- And my own worthlessness.
- 3I take, O cross, thy shadow
- For my abiding-place;
- I ask no other sunshine than
- The sunshine of His face;
- Content to let the world go by,
- To know no gain nor loss,
- My sinful self my only shame,
- My glory all the cross!
- 4Amen.
About this music
ST. CHRISTOPHER — Frederick C. Maker. 'St. Christopher' Frederick C. Maker, 1881. Setting: "Bristol Tune-Book", 1891.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Bristol Tune-Book, 1891, tune 782. Indicates it was in the 1881 edition, but I have no copy of that.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Beneath the Cross of Jesus page.
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