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Play “My Soul, Be on Thy Guard”
Free same-meter accompaniment for My Soul, Be on Thy Guard (George Heath): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) 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.
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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- 1My soul, be on thy guard,
- Ten thousand foes arise,
- And hosts of sin are pressing hard
- To draw thee from the skies.
- 2O watch and fight and pray,
- The battle ne'er give o'er;
- Renew it boldly ev'ry day,
- And help divine implore.
- 3Ne'er think the vict'ry won,
- Nor lay thine armor down;
- Thine arduous work will not be done
- Till thou receive thy crown.
- 4Fight on, my soul, till death
- Shall bring thee to thy God;
- He'll take thee at thy parting breath
- To His divine abode.
- 5Amen.
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 My Soul, Be on Thy Guard page.
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