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Free same-meter accompaniment for Living by Faith (Augustus Toplady): 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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- 1If, on a quiet sea,
- Tow'rd heav'n we calmly sail,
- With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,
- We'll own the fav'ring gale;
- With grateful hearts, O God, to Thee,
- We'll own the fav'ring gale.
- 2But should the surges rise,
- And rest delay to come,
- Blest be the tempest, kind the storm,
- Which drives us nearer home;
- Blest be the tempest, kind the storm,
- Which drives us nearer home.
- 3Soon shall our doubts and fears
- All yield to Thy control;
- Thy tender mercies shall illume
- The midnight of the soul;
- Thy tender mercies shall illume
- The midnight of the soul.
- 4Teach us, in ev'ry state,
- To make Thy will our own;
- And when the joys of sense depart,
- To live by faith alone;
- And when the joys of sense depart,
- To live by faith alone.
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 Living by Faith page.
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