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Free same-meter accompaniment for Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me (Thomas T. Lynch): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune DIX (Conrad Kocher) 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 DIX (Conrad Kocher), a 7.7.7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Gracious Spirit, dwell with me!
- I myself would gracious be,
- And with words that help and heal
- Would Thy life in mine reveal,
- And with actions bold and meek
- Would for Christ my Saviour speak.
- 2Truthful Spirit, dwell with me!
- I myself would truthful be,
- And with wisdom kind and clear
- Let Thy life in mine appear,
- And with actions brotherly
- Speak my Lord's sincerity.
- 3Tender Spirit, dwell with me!
- I myself would tender be:
- Shut my heart up like a flower
- At temptation's darksome hour;
- Open it when shines the sun,
- And His love by fragrance own.
- 4Mighty Spirit, dwell with me!
- I myself would mighty be,
- Mighty so as to prevail
- Where unaided man must fail,
- Ever by a mighty hope
- Pressing on and bearing up.
- 5Holy Spirit, dwell with me!
- I myself would holy be;
- Separate from sin, I would
- Choose and cherish all things good;
- And, whatever I can be,
- Give to Him who gave me Thee.
About this music
DIX — Conrad Kocher. Setting: Conrad Kocher, 1838, alt. by William Henry Monk, 1861, alt. for "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from The English Hymnal, 1906 Hymn 39. Music from "Stimmen aus dem Reiche Gottes", 1838 by Kocher, Hymn 201 page 250. adapted by William Henry Monk from the original (removed two measures and changed parts of the arrangement) for "Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. Also almost just like the Bristol Tune Book of 1863, Hymn 172.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me page.
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