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Play “Prayer heard, and Zion restored”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Prayer heard, and Zion restored (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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.
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- 1Let Zion and her sons rejoice
- Behold the promised hour!
- Her God hath heard her mourning voice,
- And comes to exalt his power.
- 2Her dust and ruins that remain
- Are precious in our eyes;
- Those ruins shall be built again,
- And all that dust shall rise.
- 3The Lord will raise Jerusalem,
- And stand in glory there;
- Nations shall bow before his name,
- And kings attend with fear.
- 4He sits a sovereign on his throne,
- With pity in his eyes,
- He hears the dying prisoners' groan,
- And sees their sighs arise.
- 5He frees the souls condemned to death;
- Nor, when his saints complain,
- Shall it be said that praying breath
- Was ever spent in vain.
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 Prayer heard, and Zion restored page.
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