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Play “Priesthood of Christ”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Priesthood of Christ (Philip Doddridge): 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.
Sung here to ST. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Now let our cheerful eyes survey
- Our great High-Priest above;
- And celebrate his constant care,
- And sympathetic love.
- 2Though raised to a superior throne,
- Where angels bow around,
- And high o'er all the shining train,
- With matchless honors crowned:--
- 3The names of all his saints he bears
- Deep graven on his heart;
- Nor shall the meanest Christian say,
- That he has lost his part.
- 4Those characters shall fair abide
- Our everlasting trust,
- When gems and monuments and crowns,
- Are moldered down to dust.
- 5So, gracious Saviour! on my breast,
- May thy loved name be worn,
- A sacred ornament and guard,
- To endless ages borne.
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 Priesthood of Christ page.
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