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Free same-meter accompaniment for Lord, While For All Mankind (John Reynell Wreford): 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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- 1Lord, while for all mankind we pray
- Of every clime and coast,
- O hear us for our native land,
- The land we love the most.
- 2O guard our shores from every foe;
- With peace our borders bless;
- With prosperous times our cities crown,
- Our fields with plenteousness.
- 3Unite us in the sacred love
- Of knowledge, truth, and Thee,
- And let our hills and valleys shout
- The songs of liberty.
- 4Here may religion, pure and mild,
- Smile on our Sabbath hours,
- And piety and virtue bless
- The home of us and ours.
- 5Lord of the nations, thus to Thee
- Our country we commend;
- Be Thou her refuge and her trust,
- Her everlasting friend.
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, While For All Mankind page.
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