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Play “I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say”
Free same-meter accompaniment for I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Horatius Bonar): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune KINGSFOLD (English) in four-part harmony, 3 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 KINGSFOLD (English), a Common Meter Double (8.6.8.6 D) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1I heard the voice of Jesus say,
- Come unto Me and rest;
- Lay down, thou weary one, lay down
- Thy head upon My breast.
- I came to Jesus as I was,
- Weary, and worn and sad;
- I found in Him a resting-place,
- And He has made me glad.
- 2I heard the voice of Jesus say,
- Behold, I freely give
- The living water; thirsty one,
- Stoop down and drink and live!
- I came to Jesus and I drank
- Of that life-giving stream;
- My thirst was quenched, my soul revived,
- And now I live in Him.
- 3I heard the voice of Jesus say,
- I am this dark world's Light;
- Look unto Me, thy morn shall rise,
- And all thy day be bright!
- I looked to Jesus, and I found
- In Him my star, my sun;
- And in that Light of life I'll walk
- Till days on earth are done.
About this music
KINGSFOLD — English. Text: Anthony Robertson, 2010. Music: 'Kingsfold' traditional English. Setting: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from The English Hymnal, 1906, Hymn 574.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say page.
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