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Play “Resignation? or, God Our Portion”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Resignation? or, God Our Portion (Benjamin Beddome): 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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- 1My times of sorrow and of joy,
- Great God! are in thy hand;
- My choicest comforts come from thee,
- And go at thy command.
- 2If thou should'st take them all away,
- Yet would I not repine;
- Before they were possess'd by me,
- They were entirely thine.
- 3Nor would I drop a murm'ring word,
- Tho' the whole world were gone;
- But seek enduring happiness
- In thee, and thee alone.
- 4What is the world with all its store,
- 'Tis but a bitter-sweet;
- When I attempt to pluck the rose,
- A pricking thorn I meet.
- 5Here perfect bliss can ne'er be found,
- The honey's mixt with gall;
- Midst changing scenes and dying friends
- Be thou my ALL IN ALL.
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 Resignation? or, God Our Portion page.
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