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Free same-meter accompaniment for Life and Eternity (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.

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  1. 1Thee we adore, Eternal Name!
  2. And humbly own to Thee
  3. How feeble is our mortal frame,
  4. What dying worms are we!
  5. 2Our wasting lives are short'ning still,
  6. As months and days increase;
  7. And ev'ry beating pulse we tell
  8. Leaves but the number less.
  9. 3Great God! on what a slender thread
  10. Hang everlasting things!
  11. Th'eternal state of all the dead
  12. Upon life's feeble strings.
  13. 4Infinite joy, or endless woe
  14. Attends on every breath;
  15. And yet, how unconcern'd we go
  16. Upon the brink of death!
  17. 5Waken, O Lord, our drowsy sense,
  18. To walk this dangerous road!
  19. And if our souls are hurried hence,
  20. May they be found with God.

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 Life and Eternity page.

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