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Play “O Jesus, Thou Art Standing”

Free same-meter accompaniment for O Jesus, Thou Art Standing (William Walsham How): 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 Jesus, Thou art standing
  2. Outside the fast-closed door,
  3. In lowly patience waiting
  4. To pass the threshold o'er:
  5. Shame on us, Christian brethren,
  6. His Name and sign who bear,
  7. O shame, thrice shame upon us
  8. To keep Him standing there!
  9. 2O Jesus, Thou art knocking;
  10. And lo! that hand is scarred,
  11. And thorns Thy brow encircle,
  12. And tears Thy face have marred.
  13. O love that passeth knowledge,
  14. So patiently to wait!
  15. O sin that hath no equal,
  16. So fast to bar the gate!
  17. 3O Jesus, Thou art pleading
  18. In accents meek and low,
  19. I died for you, My children,
  20. And will ye treat Me so?
  21. O Lord, with shame and sorrow
  22. We open now the door;
  23. Dear Savior, enter, enter,
  24. And leave us nevermore!
  25. 4Amen.

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, Thou Art Standing page.

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