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Free same-meter accompaniment for Conviction of Sin by the Law (Isaac Watts): 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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- 1Lord, how secure my conscience was,
- And felt no inward dread!
- I was alive without thy law,
- And thought my sins were dead.
- 2My hopes of heaven were firm and bright,
- But since the precept came
- With a convincing power and light,
- I find how vile I am.
- 3[My guilt appeared but small before,
- Till terribly I saw
- How perfect, holy, just, and pure
- Was thy eternal law!
- 4Then felt my soul the heavy load;
- My sins revived again;
- I had provoked a dreadful God,
- And all my hopes were slain.]
- 5Thy gracious throne I bow beneath;
- Lord, thou alone canst save;
- O break the yoke of sin and death,
- And thus redeem the slave.
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 Conviction of Sin by the Law page.
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