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Free same-meter accompaniment for O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near (Edward Osler): 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.
Sung here to ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1O God, unseen yet ever near,
- Thy presence may we feel;
- And thus inspired with holy fear,
- Before Thine altar kneel.
- 2Here may Thy faithful people know
- The blessings of Thy love,
- The streams that thro' the desert flow,
- The manna from above.
- 3We come, obedient to Thy word,
- To feast on heavenly food;
- Our meat the Body of the Lord,
- Our drink His precious Blood.
- 4Thus may we all Thy word obey,
- For we, O God, are Thine;
- And go rejoicing on our way,
- Renewed with strength divine.
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 O God, Unseen Yet Ever Near page.
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