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Free same-meter accompaniment for Fervent in Spirit (John Wesley; Angelus Silesius): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes) 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 MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes), a 8.8.8.8.8.8 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1Thee will I love, my Strength, my Tow'r,
  2. Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown;
  3. Thee will I love with all my pow'r,
  4. In all Thy works, and Thee alone;
  5. Thee will I love, till Thy pure fire
  6. Fill all my soul with chaste desire.
  7. 2I thank Thee, uncreated Sun,
  8. That Thy bright beams on me have shined;
  9. I thank Thee, who hast overthrown
  10. My foes, and healed my wounded mind;
  11. I thank Thee, whose enlivening voice
  12. Bids my freed heart in Thee rejoice.
  13. 3Uphold me in the doubtful race,
  14. Nor suffer me again to stray;
  15. Strengthen my feet with steady pace
  16. Still to press forward in Thy way;
  17. That all my powers, with all their might,
  18. In Thy sole glory may unite.
  19. 4Thee will I love, my Joy, my Crown;
  20. Thee will I love, my Lord, my God;
  21. Thee love beneath Thy smile or frown,
  22. Beneath Thy scepter or Thy rod.
  23. What though my flesh and heart decay?
  24. Thee shall I love in endless day.
  25. 5Amen.

About this music

MELITA — John Bacchus Dykes. 'Melita' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 222. Tune from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. %OHARRANGER unknown assumed Dykes, John Bacchus (1823-1876) words found in "The service of song for Baptist churches", 1876 Hymn 1070; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Fervent in Spirit page.

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