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Play “Justification by Faith, not Works”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Justification by Faith, not Works (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Vain are the hopes the sons of men
- On their own works have built;
- Their hearts, by nature, all unclean,
- And all their actions, guilt.
- 2Let Jew and Gentile equal stand,
- Without a murmuring word;
- And the whole race of Adam own
- Their guilt before the Lord.
- 3Jesus, how glorious is thy grace;
- When in thy name we trust,
- Our faith receives a righteousness
- That makes the sinner just.
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 Justification by Faith, not Works page.
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