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Free same-meter accompaniment for Preservation by Day and Night (Isaac Watts): 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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- 1To heav'n I lift my waiting eyes,
- There all my hopes are laid:
- The Lord that built the earth and skies
- Is my perpetual aid.
- 2Their steadfast feet shall never fall,
- Whom he designs to keep;
- His ear attends the softest call;
- His eyes can never sleep.
- 3He will sustain our weakest pow'rs
- With his almighty arm,
- And watch our most unguarded hours
- Against surprising harm.
- 4Isra'l rejoice, and rest secure,
- Thy keeper is the Lord;
- His wakeful eyes employ his pow'r
- For thine eternal guard.
- 5Nor scorching sun, nor sickly moon,
- Shall have his leave to smite;
- He shields thy head from burning noon,
- From blasting damps at night.
- 6He guards thy soul, he keeps thy breath,
- Where thickest dangers come:
- Go and return, secure from death,
- Till God commands thee home.
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 Preservation by Day and Night page.
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