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Play “Faith the Evidence of Things Unseen”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Faith the Evidence of Things Unseen (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Faith is the brightest evidence
- Of things beyond our sight,
- Breaks through the clouds of flesh and sense,
- And dwells in heav'nly light.
- 2It sets times past in present view,
- Brings distant prospects home,
- Of things a thousand years ago,
- Or thousand years to come.
- 3By faith we know the worlds were made
- By God's almighty word;
- Abram, to unknown countries led,
- By faith obeyed the Lord.
- 4He sought a city fair and high,
- Built by th' eternal hands,
- And faith assures us, though we die,
- That heav'nly building stands.
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 Faith the Evidence of Things Unseen page.
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