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Play “God's Servants Safe By Sea or Land”
Free same-meter accompaniment for God's Servants Safe By Sea or Land (Joseph Addison): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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 ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1How are Thy servants blest, O Lord!
- How sure is their defence!
- Eternal Wisdom is their guide,
- Their help Omnipotence.
- 2In foreign realms and lands remote,
- Supported by Thy care,
- They pass unhurt through burning climes,
- And breathe in tainted air.
- 3Though by the dreadful tempest toss'd
- High on the broken wave,
- They know Thou art not slow to hear,
- Nor impotent to save.
- 4The storm is laid, the winds retire,
- Obedient to Thy will;
- The sea, that roars at Thy command,
- At Thy command is still.
- 5In midst of dangers, fears and deaths,
- Thy goodness I'll adore;
- We praise Thee for Thy mercies past,
- And humbly hope for more
- 6My life, while Thou preserv'st my life,
- Thy sacrifice shall be;
- And oh! may death, when death shall come,
- Unite my soul to Thee.
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 God's Servants Safe By Sea or Land page.
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