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Free same-meter accompaniment for O Word of God Incarnate (William Walsham How): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) in four-part harmony, 5 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 Word of God incarnate,
  2. O Wisdom from on high,
  3. O Truth unchanged, unchanging,
  4. O Light of our dark sky;
  5. We praise Thee for the radiance
  6. That from the hallowed page,
  7. A lantern to our footsteps
  8. Shines on from age to age.
  9. 2The Church from her dear Master
  10. Received the gift divine,
  11. And still that light she lifteth
  12. O'er all the earth to shine.
  13. It is the golden casket
  14. Where gems of truth are stored;
  15. It is the heav'n-drawn picture
  16. Of Christ, the living Word.
  17. 3It floateth like a banner
  18. Before God's host unfurled;
  19. It shineth like a beacon
  20. Above the darkling world:
  21. It is the chart and compass
  22. That o'er life's surging sea,
  23. 'Mid mists, and rocks, and quicksands,
  24. Still guides, O Christ, to Thee.
  25. 4O make Thy church, dear Saviour,
  26. A lamp of purest gold
  27. To bear before the nations
  28. Thy true light as of old:
  29. O teach Thy wandering pilgrims
  30. By this their path to trace,
  31. Till, clouds and darkness ended,
  32. They see Thee face to face.
  33. 5Amen.

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 Word of God Incarnate page.

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