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Play “Funeral of an Aged Minister”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Funeral of an Aged Minister (James Montgomery): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) 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 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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- 1Servant of God, well done!
- Rest from thy loved employ:
- The battle fought, the victory won,
- Enter thy Master's joy!
- 2The voice at midnight came;
- He started up to hear;
- A mortal arrow pierced his frame;
- He fell, but felt no fear.
- 3His spirit with a bound
- Left its encumbering clay:
- His tent, at sunrise, on the ground
- A darkened ruin lay.
- 4The pains of death are past,
- Labor and sorrow cease,
- And life's long warfare closed at last,
- His soul is found in peace.
- 5Soldier of Christ, well done!
- Praise be thy new employ;
- And, while eternal ages run,
- Rest in thy Saviour's joy.
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 Funeral of an Aged Minister page.
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