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Play “Rejoicing in God's Decrees”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Rejoicing in God's Decrees (John Ryland): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) 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 CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Sovereign ruler of the skies,
- Ever gracious, ever wise,
- All our times are in Thy hand,
- All events at Thy command.
- 2He that formed us in the womb,
- He shall guide us to the tomb;
- All our ways shall ever be
- Ordered by His wise decree.
- 3Times of sickness, times of health,
- Blighting want and cheerful wealth,
- All our pleasures, all our pains,
- Come, and end, as God ordains.
- 4May we always own Thy hand,
- Still to Thee surrendered stand,
- Know that Thou art God alone,
- We and ours are all Thy own!
- 5Amen.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Rejoicing in God's Decrees page.
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