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Play “Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult”

Free same-meter accompaniment for Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult (Cecil Frances Alexander): 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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  1. 1Jesus calls us, o'er the tumult
  2. Of our life's wild restless sea.
  3. Day by day His sweet voice soundeth,
  4. Saying, "Christian, follow Me!"
  5. 2Jesus calls us, from the worship
  6. Of the vain world's golden store,
  7. From each idol that would keep us,
  8. Saying, "Christian, love Me more."
  9. 3In our joys and in our sorrows,
  10. Days of toil and hours of ease,
  11. Still He calls, in cares and pleasures,
  12. "Christian, love Me more than these."
  13. 4Jesus calls us: by Thy mercies,
  14. Savior, may we hear Thy call,
  15. Give our hearts to Thy obedience,
  16. Serve and love Thee best of all.
  17. 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 Jesus Calls Us, O'er the Tumult page.

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