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Free accompaniment for Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty (Benjamin Schmolck; Catherine Winkworth): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune UNSER HERRSCHER (Joachim Neander) 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. 1Open now thy gates of beauty,
  2. Zion, let me enter there
  3. Where my soul in joyful duty
  4. Waits on Him who answers prayer.
  5. O how blessed is this place,
  6. Filled with solace, light and grace!
  7. 2Lord, my God, I come before Thee,
  8. Come Thou also down to me.
  9. Where I find Thee and adore Thee,
  10. There a heav'n on earth must be.
  11. With Thy grace O enter Thou,
  12. Make my heart Thy temple now.
  13. 3Here Thy praise is gladly chanted,
  14. Here Thy seed is duly sown;
  15. Let my soul, Thy blessing granted,
  16. Precious sheaves bring forth alone.
  17. Grant that all I hear may be
  18. Fruitful unto life in me.
  19. 4Thou my faith increase and quicken,
  20. Let me keep that gift divine;
  21. When temptations come and thicken,
  22. Make Thy Word forever shine
  23. As my guiding star thro' life,
  24. As my comfort in the strife.
  25. 5Speak, O Lord, and I will hear Thee,
  26. Let Thy will be done indeed;
  27. May I undisturbed draw near Thee
  28. While Thou dost Thy people feed;
  29. Here of life the fountain flows,
  30. Here is balm for all our woes.
  31. 6Amen.

About this music

UNSER HERRSCHER — Joachim Neander. 'Unser Herrscher' or 'Neander' Joachim Neander, 1680. Setting: "Chorale Book for England", 1863.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Chorale Book for England", 1863 Hymn 15. Lyrics source: online post by author at https://www.1517.org/articles/three-hymns-on-the-transfiguration downloaded 01 July 2026 approval by direct email exchange with the author; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty page.

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