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Free same-meter accompaniment for Invitation to the Gospel Feast (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1The King of heaven His table spreads,
- And dainties crown the board.
- Not all the boasted joys of earth
- Could such delight afford.
- 2Pardon and peace to dying men,
- And endless life are given;
- And the rich Blood that Jesus shed
- To raise the soul to heaven.
- 3Ye hungry poor, who long have strayed
- In sin’s dark mazes, come;
- Come from the hedges and highways,
- And Grace shall find you room.
- 4Thousands of souls, in glory now,
- Were fed and feasted here;
- And thousands more, still on the way,
- Around the board appear.
- 5Yet are His house and heart so large,
- That thousands more may come;
- Nor could the wide assembled world
- O’erfill the spacious room.
- 6All things are ready: enter in,
- Nor weak excuses frame.
- Come, take your places at the feast,
- And bless the Founder’s Name.
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 Invitation to the Gospel Feast page.
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