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Free same-meter accompaniment for Submission to Afflictive Providences (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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- 1Naked as from the earth we came,
- And crept to life at first,
- We to the earth return again,
- And mingle with our dust.
- 2The dear delights we here enjoy,
- And fondly call our own,
- Are but short favors borrowed now,
- To be repaid anon.
- 3'Tis God that lifts our comforts high,
- Or sinks them in the grave;
- He gives, and, blessed be his name!
- He takes but what he gave.
- 4Peace, all our angry passions, then;
- Let each rebellious sigh
- Be silent at his sovereign will,
- And every murmur die.
- 5If smiling mercy crown our lives,
- Its praises shall be spread;
- And we'll adore the justice too
- That strikes our comforts dead.
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 Submission to Afflictive Providences page.
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