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Free same-meter accompaniment for Submissive Resignation (William Cowper): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 4 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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- 1O Lord, my best desire fulfil,
- And help me to resign
- Life, health, and comfort to Thy will,
- And make Thy pleasure mine.
- 2Why should I shrink at Thy command,
- Whose love forbids my fears?
- Or tremble at the gracious hand
- That wipes away my tears?
- 3No, let me rather freely yield
- What most I prize to Thee,
- Who never hast a good withheld,
- Or wilt withhold from me.
- 4Thy favor, all my journey through
- Thou art engaged to grant:
- What else I want, or think I do,
- 'Tis better still to want.
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 Submissive Resignation page.
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