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Free same-meter accompaniment for Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire (James Montgomery): 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. 1Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
  2. Uttered or unexpressed,
  3. The motion of a hidden fire
  4. hat trembles in the breast.
  5. 2Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
  6. The falling of a tear;
  7. The upward glancing of an eye
  8. When none but God is near.
  9. 3Prayer is the simplest form of speech
  10. That infant lips can try:
  11. Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
  12. The Majesty on high.
  13. 4Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
  14. The Christian's native air,
  15. His watchword at the gate of death--
  16. He enters heav'n with prayer.
  17. 5Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice
  18. Returning from his ways,
  19. While angels in their songs rejoice,
  20. And say, Behold, he prays.
  21. 6O Thou, by whom we come to God,
  22. The Life, the Truth, the Way,
  23. The path of prayer Thyself hast trod--
  24. Lord, teach us how to pray. Amen.

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 Is the Soul's Sincere Desire page.

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