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Free same-meter accompaniment for Lord, When We Bend (Joseph D. Carlyle): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Lord, when we bend before Thy throne,
- And our confessions pour,
- Teach us to feel the sins we own,
- And hate what we deplore.
- 2Our broken spirits, pitying see;
- True penitence impart;
- And let a kindling glance from Thee
- Beam hope upon the heart.
- 3When we disclose our wants in prayer
- May we our wills resign;
- And not a thought our bosoms share
- Which is not wholly Thine.
- 4Let faith each weak petition fill,
- And waft it to the skies,
- And teach our hearts 'tis goodness still
- That grants it, or denies.
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 Lord, When We Bend page.
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