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Play “Blest is the man, whose softening heart”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Blest is the man, whose softening heart (Mrs. Barbauld): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Blest is the man whose softening heart
- Feels all another's pain;
- To whom the supplicating eye
- Was never raised in vain:
- 2Whose breast expands with generous warmth
- A stranger's woes to feel;
- And bleeds in pity o'er the wound
- He wants the power to heal.
- 3He spreads his kind supporting arms
- To every child of grief;
- His secret bounty largely flows,
- And brings unasked relief.
- 4To gentle offices of love
- His feet are never slow:
- He views, through mercy's melting eye,
- A brother in a foe.
- 5Peace from the bosom of his God,
- The Saviour's grace shall give;
- And, when he kneels before the throne,
- His trembling soul shall live.
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 Blest is the man, whose softening heart page.
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