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Free same-meter accompaniment for For an Increase of Laborers (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 7 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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- 1Lord of the harvest hear
- Thy needy servants' cry;
- Answer our faith's effectual prayer,
- And all our wants supply.
- 2On Thee we humbly wait;
- Our wants are in Thy view;
- The harvest truly, Lord, is great,
- The laborers are few.
- 3Convert and send forth more
- Into Thy Church abroad;
- And let them speak Thy word of power,
- As workers with their God.
- 4Give the pure gospel word,
- The word of general grace;
- Thee let them preach, the common Lord
- The Saviour of our race.
- 5Oh, let them spread Thy name,
- Their mission fully prove;
- Thy universal grace proclaim,
- Thine all-redeeming love.
- 6On all mankind, forgiven,
- Empower them still to call,
- And tell each creature under heaven,
- That Thou hast died for all.
- 7Amen.
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 For an Increase of Laborers page.
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