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Play “Forth from the dark and stormy sky”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Forth from the dark and stormy sky (Reginald Heber): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes) in four-part harmony, 2 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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- 1Forth from the dark and stormy sky,
- Lord, to Thine altar's shade we fly;
- Forth from the world, its hope and fear,
- Saviour, we seek Thy shelter here:
- Weary and weak, Thy grace we pray:
- Turn not, O Lord! Thy guests away.
- 2Long have we roamed in want and pain,
- Long have we sought Thy rest in vain;
- Wildered in doubt, in darkness lost,
- Long have our souls been tempest-tost;
- Low at Thy feet our sins we lay:;
- Turn not, O Lord! Thy guests away.
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 Forth from the dark and stormy sky page.
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