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Play “Jesus, I Live to Thee”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Jesus, I Live to Thee (Henry Harbaugh): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 4 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. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Jesus, I live to Thee,
- The loveliest and the best;
- My life in Thee, Thy life in me,
- In Thy blest love I rest.
- 2Jesus, I die to Thee,
- Whenever death shall come;
- To die in Thee is life to me,
- In my eternal home.
- 3Whether to live or die,
- I know not which is best;
- To live in Thee is bliss to me,
- To die is endless rest.
- 4Living or dying, Lord,
- I ask but to be Thine;
- My life in Thee, Thy life in me,
- Makes heaven forever mine.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Jesus, I Live to Thee page.
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