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Play “Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) 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. 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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- 1Grace! ’tis a charming sound,
- Harmonious to the ear;
- Heav'n with the echo shall resound,
- And all the earth shall hear.
- 2Grace first contrived the way
- To save rebellious man;
- And all the steps that grace display
- Which drew the wondrous plan.
- 3Grace first inscribed my name
- In God’s eternal book;
- ’Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
- Who all my sorrows took.
- 4Grace led my roving feet
- To tread the heavenly road;
- And new supplies each hour I meet,
- While pressing on to God.
- 5Grace taught my soul to pray,
- And made mine eyes o’erflow;
- ’Twas grace which kept me to this day,
- And will not let me go.
- 6Grace all the work shall crown,
- Through everlasting days;
- It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
- And well deserves the praise.
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 Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound page.
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