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Play “Jesus Passing”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Jesus Passing (Thomas Hastings): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) 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 ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Drooping souls no longer mourn,
- Jesus still is precious;
- If to Him you now return,
- Heaven will be propitious;
- Jesus now is passing by,
- Calling wanderers near Him;
- Drooping souls, you need not die,
- Go to Him and hear Him!
- 2He has pardons full and free,
- Drooping souls to gladden;
- Still He cries—“Come unto me,
- Weary, heavy-laden!”
- Though your sins, like mountains high,
- Rise, and reach to heaven,
- Soon as you on Him rely,
- All shall be forgiven.
- 3Precious is the Saviour’s name,
- Dear to all that love Him;
- He to save the dying came;—
- Go to Him and prove Him;
- Wandering sinners, now return;
- Contrite souls believe Him!
- Jesus calls you, cease to mourn;
- Worship Him; receive Him.
About this music
ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Jesus Passing page.
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