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Free same-meter accompaniment for Heaven Invisible and Holy (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Nor eye hath seen, nor ear hath heard,
- Nor sense nor reason known,
- What joys the Father has prepar'd
- For those that love the Son.
- 2But the good Spirit of the Lord
- Reveals a heav'n to come;
- The beams of glory in his word
- Allure and guide us home.
- 3Pure are the joys above the sky,
- And all the region peace;
- No wanton lips, nor envious eye,
- Can see or taste the bliss.
- 4Those holy gates forever bar
- Pollution, sin, and shame;
- None shall obtain admittance there,
- But foll'wers of the Lamb.
- 5He keeps the Father's book of life;
- There all their names are found;
- The hypocrite in vain shall strive
- To tread the heav'nly ground.
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 Heaven Invisible and Holy page.
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