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Play “In the Cross of Christ”
Free same-meter accompaniment for In the Cross of Christ (John Bowring): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) 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 BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1In the cross of Christ I glory,
- Tow'ring o'er the wrecks of time;
- All the light of sacred story
- Gathers round its head sublime.
- 2When the woes of life o'er-take me,
- Hopes deceive, and fears annoy,
- Never shall the cross forsake me;
- Lo! it glows with peace and joy.
- 3When the sun of bliss is beaming
- Light and love upon my way,
- From the cross the radiance, streaming,
- Adds more luster to the day.
- 4Bane and blessing, pain and pleasure,
- By the cross are sanctified;
- Peace is there, that knows no measure,
- Joys that thro' all time abide.
- 5Amen.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the In the Cross of Christ page.
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