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Free same-meter accompaniment for Christ's First and Second Coming (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 6 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. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Sing to the Lord, ye distant lands,
- Ye tribes of every tongue;
- His new-discovered grace demands
- A new and nobler song.
- 2Say to the nations, Jesus reigns,
- God's own almighty Son;
- His power the sinking world sustains,
- And grace surrounds his throne.
- 3Let heav'n proclaim the joyful day,
- Joy through the earth be seen;
- Let cities shine in bright array,
- And fields in cheerful green.
- 4Let an unusual joy surprise
- The islands of the sea:
- Ye mountains, sink; ye valleys, rise;
- Prepare the Lord his way.
- 5Behold, he comes, he comes to bless
- The nations as their God;
- To show the world his righteousness,
- And send his truth abroad.
- 6But when his voice shall raise the dead,
- And bid the world draw near,
- How will the guilty nations dread
- To see their Judge appear!
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 Christ's First and Second Coming page.
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