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Play “Departing Missionaries”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Departing Missionaries (James Edmeston): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) in four-part harmony, 2 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 ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Roll on, thou mighty ocean;
- And, as thy billows flow,
- Bear messengers of mercy
- To every land below.
- Arise, ye gales, and waft them
- Safe to the destined shore;
- That man may sit in darkness,
- And death's black shade no more.
- 2O thou eternal Ruler,
- Who holdest in thine arm
- The tempests of the ocean,
- Protect them from all harm!
- Thy presence, Lord, be with them,
- Wherever they may be;
- Though far from us, who love them,
- Still let them be with thee.
About this music
ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Departing Missionaries page.
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