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Free same-meter accompaniment for On Opening a Place of Worship (Benjamin Francis): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune DARWALL'S 148TH (John Darwall) 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 DARWALL'S 148TH (John Darwall), a 6.6.6.6.8.8 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1In loud exalted strains,
- The King of glory praise:
- O'er heav'n and earth He reigns,
- Through everlasting days;
- But Zion, with His presence blest,
- In His delight, His chosen rest.
- 2O King of Glory, come
- And with Thy favor crown
- This temple as Thy home,
- this people as Thy own;
- Beneath this roof vouchsafe to show
- How God can dwell with men below.
- 3Now let Thine ear attend
- Our supplicating cries;
- Now let our praise ascend,
- Accepted, to the skies;
- Now let Thy Gospel's joyful sound
- Spread its celestial influence round.
- 4Here may the listening throng
- Imbibe Thy truth and love;
- Here Christians join the song
- Of seraphim above:
- Till all who humbly seek Thy face
- Rejoice in Thy abounding grace.
About this music
DARWALL'S 148TH — John Darwall. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book with Hymnal', ULCA 1918 Hymn 68. Lyrics from Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book, 1931 Hymn 11.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the On Opening a Place of Worship page.
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