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Play “Strait is the way, the door is strait”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Strait is the way, the door is strait (Isaac Watts): 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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- 1Strait is the way, the door is strait,
- That leads to joys on high;
- 'Tis but a few that find the gate,
- While crouds mistake, and die.
- 2Beloved self must be deny'd,
- The mind and will renew'd
- Passion suppress'd, and patience try'd,
- And vain desires subdu'd.
- 3The love of gold be banished hence,
- (That vile idolatry)
- And every member, every sense
- In sweet subjection lie.
- 4The tongue, that most unruly power,
- Requires a strong restraint;
- We must be watchful every hour,
- And pray, but never faint.
- 5Lord! can a feeble helpless worm
- Fulfil a task so hard?
- Thy grace must all my work perform,
- And give the free reward.
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 Strait is the way, the door is strait page.
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