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Free same-meter accompaniment for Gently Lord, O Gently Lead Us (Thomas Hastings): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) in four-part harmony, 3 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 BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Gently, Lord, oh, gently lead us.
- Through this lonely vale of tears;
- Through the changes Thou'st decreed us,
- Till our last great change appears;
- When temptation's darts assail us,
- When in devious paths we stray,
- Let Thy goodness never fail us;
- Lead us in Thy perfect way.
- 2In the hour of pain and anguish,
- In the hour when death draws near,
- Suffer not our hearts to languish,
- Suffer not our souls to fear.
- And when mortal life is ended,
- Bid us on Thy bosom rest:
- Till by angel-bands attended
- We awake among the blest!
- 3Amen.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Gently Lord, O Gently Lead Us page.
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