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Free same-meter accompaniment for Savior of the Lost (Frances Ridley Havergal): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle) 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.

Sung here to ELLACOMBE (Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle), a 7.6.7.6 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1I could not do without Thee,
  2. O Saviour of the lost,
  3. Whose precious blood redeemed me
  4. At such tremendous cost;
  5. Thy righteousness, Thy pardon,
  6. Thy precious blood, must be
  7. My only hope and comfort,
  8. My glory and my plea.
  9. 2I could not do without Thee,
  10. I cannot stand alone,
  11. I have no strength or goodness,
  12. No wisdom of my own;
  13. But Thou, beloved Saviour,
  14. Art all in all to me,
  15. And weakness will be power
  16. If leaning hard on Thee.
  17. 3I could not do without Thee,
  18. For, O the way is long,
  19. And I am often weary,
  20. And sigh replaces song:
  21. How could I do without Thee?
  22. I do not know the way;
  23. Thou knowest, and Thou leadest,
  24. And wilt not let me stray.
  25. 4I could not do without Thee,
  26. O Jesus, Saviour dear;
  27. E'en when my eyes are holden,
  28. I know that Thou art near.
  29. How dreary and how lonely
  30. This changeful life would be,
  31. Without the sweet communion,
  32. The secret rest with Thee!
  33. 5I could not do without Thee;
  34. No other friend can read
  35. The spirit's strange deep longings,
  36. Interpreting its need;
  37. No human heart could enter
  38. Each dim recess of mine,
  39. And soothe, and hush, and calm it,
  40. O blessed Lord, but Thine.
  41. 6I could not do without Thee,
  42. For years are fleeting fast,
  43. And soon in solemn loneliness
  44. The river must be passed;
  45. But Thou wilt never leave me,
  46. And though the waves roll high,
  47. I know Thou wilt be near me,
  48. And whisper,"It is I."

About this music

ELLACOMBE — Wurttemberg, 1784 from Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Hofkapelle. Setting: Presbyterian Hymnal, 1911.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Presbyterian Hymnal, Revised, 1911 Hymn 364.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Savior of the Lost page.

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