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Free same-meter accompaniment for Penitence and hope (Anne Steele): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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. 1Dear Saviour, when my thoughts recall
  2. The wonders of thy grace,
  3. Low at thy feet asham'd I fall,
  4. And hide this wretched face.
  5. 2Shall love like thine be thus repaid?
  6. Ah vile, ungrateful heart!
  7. By earth's low cares detain'd, betray'd,
  8. From Jesus to depar —
  9. 3From Jesus, who alone can give
  10. True pleasure, peace and rest:
  11. When absent from my Lord, I live
  12. Unsatisfy'd, unblest.
  13. 4But he, for his own mercy's sake,
  14. My wandering soul restores:
  15. He bids the mourning heart partake
  16. The pardon it implores.
  17. 5O while I breathe to thee, my Lord,
  18. The penitential sigh,
  19. Confirm the kind, forgiving word,
  20. With pity in thine eye!
  21. 6Then shall the mourner at thy feet
  22. Rejoice to seek thy face,
  23. And grateful own how kind, how sweet
  24. Thy condescending grace!

About this music

ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Penitence and hope page.

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