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Free same-meter accompaniment for For New Year's Day (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune DARWALL'S 148TH (John Darwall) 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.

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  1. 1The Lord of earth and sky,
  2. The God of ages praise!
  3. Who reigns enthroned on high,
  4. Ancient of endless days;
  5. Who lengthens out our trial here,
  6. And spares us yet another year.
  7. 2Barren and withered trees,
  8. We cumbered long the ground;
  9. No fruit of holiness
  10. On our dead souls was found;
  11. Yet doth He us in mercy spare
  12. Another and another year.
  13. 3When justice gave the word
  14. To cut the fig-tree down,
  15. The pity of our Lord
  16. Cried, "Let is still alone:"
  17. The Father mild inclines His ear,
  18. And spares us yet another year.
  19. 4Jesus, Thy speaking blood
  20. From God obtained the grace,
  21. who therefore hath bestowed
  22. On us a longer space:
  23. Thou didst in our behalf appear,
  24. And lo, we see another year!
  25. 5Then dig about our root,
  26. Break up our fallow ground,
  27. And let our gracious fruit
  28. To Thy great praise abound;
  29. Oh let us all Thy praise declare,
  30. And fruit unto perfection bear.

About this music

DARWALL'S 148TH — John Darwall. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book with Hymnal', ULCA 1918 Hymn 68. Lyrics from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1931 Hymn 11.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the For New Year's Day page.

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