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Free same-meter accompaniment for Bereavement and Resignation (Thomas Hastings): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) in four-part harmony, 5 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 BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Jesus, while our hearts are bleeding
- O’er the spoils that death has won,
- We would, at this solemn meeting,
- Calmly say, "Thy will be done."
- 2Tho' cast down, we’re not forsaken,
- Though afflicted, not alone;
- Thou didst give, and Thou hast taken,
- Blessed Lord--Thy will be done.
- 3Though to-day we’re filled with mourning,
- Mercy still is on the throne;
- With Thy smiles and love returning,
- We can sing, "Thy will be done."
- 4By Thy hands the boon was given,
- Thou hast taken but Thine own:
- Lord of earth, and God of heaven,
- Evermore Thy will be done.
- 5Amen.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Bereavement and Resignation page.
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