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Free same-meter accompaniment for O God, the Rock of Ages (Edward Henry Bickersteth): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) 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 ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1O God, the Rock of ages,
  2. Who evermore hast been,
  3. What time the tempest rages,
  4. Our dwelling-place serene:
  5. Before Thy first creations,
  6. O Lord, the same as now,
  7. To endless generations
  8. The Everlasting Thou!
  9. 2Our years are like the shadows
  10. On sunny hills that lie,
  11. Or grasses in the meadows
  12. That blossom but to die:
  13. A sleep, a dream, a story
  14. By strangers quickly told,
  15. An unremaining glory
  16. Of things that soon are old.
  17. 3O Thou, who canst not slumber,
  18. Whose light grows never pale,
  19. Teach us aright to number
  20. Our years before they fail.
  21. On us Thy mercy lighten,
  22. On us Thy goodness rest,
  23. And let Thy Spirit brighten
  24. The hearts Thyself hast blest.
  25. 4Lord, crown our faith's endeavour
  26. With beauty and with grace,
  27. Till, clothed in light for ever,
  28. We see Thee face to face:
  29. A joy no language measures;
  30. A fountain brimming o'er;
  31. An endless flow of pleasures;
  32. An ocean without shore.

About this music

ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the O God, the Rock of Ages page.

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