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Play “Glory Be to God on High”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Glory Be to God on High (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) in four-part harmony, 6 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 CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Glory be to God on high,
- God whose glory fills the sky;
- Peace on earth to man forgiven,
- Man, the well-beloved of heaven.
- 2Sovereign Father, heavenly King,
- Thee we now presume to sing;
- Glad, Thine attributes confess,
- Glorious all, and numberless.
- 3Hail, by all Thy works adored!
- Hail, the everlasting Lord!
- Thee with thankful hearts we prove
- God of power, and God of love.
- 4Christ our Lord and God we own,
- Christ, the Father's only Son,
- Lamb of God for sinners slain,
- Saviour of offending man.
- 5Bow Thine ear, in mercy bow,
- Hear, the world's atonement, Thou!
- Jesus, in Thy name we pray,
- Take, O take our sins away!
- 6Hear, for Thou, O Christ, alone
- Art with God the Father one,
- One the Holy Ghost with Thee,
- One supreme, eternal Three.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Glory Be to God on High page.
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