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Play “O Jesus, I Have Promised”
Free same-meter accompaniment for O Jesus, I Have Promised (John Ernest Bode): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) 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 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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- 1O Jesus, I have promised
- To serve Thee to the end:
- Be Thou for ever near me,
- My Master and my Friend!
- I shall not fear the battle,
- If Thou art by my side,
- Nor wander from the pathway,
- If Thou wilt be my Guide.
- 2O let me feel Thee near me!
- The world is ever near;
- I see the sights that dazzle,
- The tempting sounds I hear;
- My foes are ever near me,
- Around me and within;
- But, Jesus, draw Thou nearer,
- And shield my soul from sin.
- 3O let me hear Thee speaking
- In accents clear and still,
- Above the storms of passion,
- The murmurs of self-will!
- O speak to re-assure me,
- To hasten or control!
- O speak, and make me listen,
- Thou Guardian of my soul!
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 Jesus, I Have Promised page.
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