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Play “Encouragement to Pray”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Encouragement to Pray (John Newton): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 4 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 CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Come, my soul, thy suit prepare,
- Jesus loves to answer prayer;
- He Himself has bid thee pray;
- Rise and ask without delay.
- 2With my burden I begin:
- Lord, remove this load of sin!
- Let Thy blood, for sinners spilt,
- Set my conscience free from guilt.
- 3Lord, I come to Thee for rest;
- Take possession of my breast;
- There Thy sov'reign right maintain
- And without a rival reign.
- 4Show me what I have to do,
- Ev'ry hour my strength renew;
- Let me live a life of faith,
- Let me die Thy people's death.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Encouragement to Pray page.
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