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Free same-meter accompaniment for For Victorious Faith (William Hiley Bathurst): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.

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  1. 1O for a faith that will not shrink,
  2. Tho' pressed by many a foe;
  3. That will not tremble on the brink
  4. Of poverty and woe;
  5. 2That will not murmur or complain
  6. Beneath the chast'ning rod,
  7. But in the hour of grief or pain
  8. Will lean upon its God;
  9. 3A faith that shines more bright and clear
  10. When tempests rage without;
  11. That when in danger knows no fear,
  12. In darkness feels no doubt;
  13. 4That bears unmoved the world’s dread frown,
  14. Nor heeds its scornful smile;
  15. That sin's wild ocean cannot drown,
  16. Nor Satan’s arts beguile;
  17. 5A faith that keeps the narrow way
  18. Till life’s last hour is fled,
  19. And with a pure and heavenly ray
  20. Lights up a dying bed.
  21. 6Lord, give us such a faith as this,
  22. And the, whate’er may come,
  23. We’ll taste e’en here the hallowed bliss
  24. Of an eternal home.
  25. 7Amen.

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 For Victorious Faith page.

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