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Play “Christ's Presence Desirable”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Christ's Presence Desirable (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) 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 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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- 1My God, my Life, my Love,
- To thee, to thee I call;
- I cannot live, if thou remove,
- For thou art all in all.
- 2To thee, and thee alone,
- The angels owe their bliss:
- They sit around thy gracious throne,
- And dwell where Jesus is.
- 3Not all the harps above
- Can make a heavenly place,
- If God his residence remove,
- Or but conceal his face.
- 4Nor earth, nor all the sky,
- Can one delight afford--
- No, not one drop of real joy
- Without thy presence, Lord.
- 5Thou art the sea of love,
- Where all my pleasures roll;
- The circle where my passions move,
- And centre of my soul.
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 Christ's Presence Desirable page.
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