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Play “Distress of Soul”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Distress of Soul (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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- 1Mine eyes are my desire
- Are ever to the Lord;
- I love to plead his promises,
- And rest upon his word.
- 2Lord, turn to thee my soul;
- Bring thy salvation near;
- When will thy hand release my feet
- From sin's destructive snare?
- 3When shall the sovereign grace
- Of my forgiving God
- Restore me from those dangerous ways
- My wandering feet have trod?
- 4Oh, keep my soul from death,
- Nor put my hope to shame!
- For I have placed my only trust
- In my Redeemer's name.
- 5With humble faith I wait
- To see thy face again;
- Of Israel it shall ne'er be said,
- He sought the Lord in vain.
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 Distress of Soul page.
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