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Play “Blest are the sons of peace”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Blest are the sons of peace (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 2 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. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Blest are the sons of peace,
- Whose hearts and hopes are one;
- Whose kind designs to serve and please
- Through all their actions run.
- 2Thus on the heavenly hills
- The saints are blest above,
- Where joy like morning dew distills,
- And all the air is love.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Blest are the sons of peace page.
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