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Play “May the Grace of Christ Our Savior”
Free same-meter accompaniment for May the Grace of Christ Our Savior (John Newton): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) 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.
Sung here to BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1May the grace of Christ our Saviour,
- And the Father’s boundless love,
- With the Holy Spirit’s favor,
- Rest upon us from above.
- 2Thus may we abide in union
- With each other and the Lord;
- And possess, in sweet communion,
- Joys which earth cannot afford.
- 3Amen.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the May the Grace of Christ Our Savior page.
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