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Play “Christ in You, the Hope of Glory”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Christ in You, the Hope of Glory (Gerhard Tersteegen; John Wesley; Paul Gerhardt): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes) 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 MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes), a 8.8.8.8.8.8 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1Thou hidden love of God, whose height,
  2. Whose depth unfathomed no man knows,
  3. I see from far Thy beauteous light,
  4. Inly I sigh for Thy repose:
  5. My heart is pained, nor can it be
  6. At rest, till it find rest in Thee.
  7. 2Is there a thing beneath the sun
  8. That strives with Thee my heart to share?
  9. Ah! tear it thence, and reign alone,
  10. The Lord of ev'ry motion there.
  11. Then shall my heart from earth be free,
  12. When it has found repose in Thee.
  13. 3O hide this self from me, that I
  14. No more, but Christ in me, may live!
  15. My base affections crucify,
  16. Nor let one favorite sin survive;
  17. In all things nothing may I see,
  18. Nothing desire, or seek, but Thee.
  19. 4Each moment draw from earth away
  20. My heart, that lowly waits Thy call!
  21. Speak to my inmost soul, and say
  22. "I am thy Love, thy God, thy All!"
  23. To feel Thy power, to hear Thy voice,
  24. To taste Thy love, be all my choice!
  25. 5Amen.

About this music

MELITA — John Bacchus Dykes. 'Melita' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 222. Tune from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. %OHARRANGER unknown assumed Dykes, John Bacchus (1823-1876) words found in "The service of song for Baptist churches", 1876 Hymn 1070; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Christ in You, the Hope of Glory page.

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