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Free same-meter accompaniment for O what, if we are Christ's (H. W. Baker): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 6 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.

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  1. 1Oh, what, if we are Christ's,
  2. Is earthly shame or loss?
  3. Bright shall the crown of glory be
  4. When we have borne the cross.
  5. 2Keen was the trial once,
  6. Bitter the cup of woe,
  7. When martyred saints, baptized in blood,
  8. Christ's sufferings shared below.
  9. 3Bright is their glory now,
  10. Boundless their joy above,
  11. Where, on the bosom of their God,
  12. They rest in perfect love.
  13. 4Lord, may that grace be ours,
  14. Like them in faith to bear
  15. All that of sorrow, grief, or pain,
  16. May be our portion here:
  17. 5Enough, if Thou at last
  18. The word of blessing give,
  19. And let us rest beneath Thy feet,
  20. Where saints and angels live.
  21. 6Amen.

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 O what, if we are Christ's page.

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