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Free same-meter accompaniment for Compassion (Benjamin Beddome): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 3 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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- 1Did Christ o'er sinners weep?
- And shall our cheeks be dry?
- Let floods of penitential grief
- Burst forth from ev'ry eye.
- 2The Son of God in tears,
- The wond'ring angels see!
- Be thou astonished, O my soul!
- He shed those tears for thee.
- 3He wept; shall we not weep?
- He died; shall we not die?
- He rose; shall we not rise from sleep,
- To reign with him on high?
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 Compassion page.
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