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Free same-meter accompaniment for Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go (Frederick W. Faber): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune MELITA (John Bacchus Dykes) in four-part harmony, 7 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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  1. 1O Saviour, bless us ere we go;
  2. Thy Word into our minds instill;
  3. And make our lukewarm hearts to glow
  4. With lowly love and fervent will.
  5. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  6. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  7. 2The day is done, its hours have run,
  8. And Thou hast taken count of all,
  9. The scanty triumphs grace hath won,
  10. The broken vow, the frequent fall.
  11. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  12. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  13. 3Grant us, dear Lord, from evil ways
  14. True absolution and release:
  15. And bless us more than in past days
  16. With purity and inward peace.
  17. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  18. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  19. 4Do more than pardon; give us joy,
  20. Sweet fear and sober liberty,
  21. And loving hearts without alloy
  22. That only long to be like Thee.
  23. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  24. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  25. 5Labor is sweet for Thou hast toiled;
  26. And care is light for Thou hast cared;
  27. Let not our works with self be soiled,
  28. With self, or be deceit ensnared.
  29. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  30. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  31. 6For all we love, the poor, the sad,
  32. The sinful, unto Thee we call;
  33. O let Thy mercy make us glad:
  34. Thou art our Jesus and our All.
  35. Through life’s long day, and death’s dark night,
  36. O gentle Jesus, be our Light.
  37. 7Amen.

About this music

MELITA — John Bacchus Dykes. 'Melita' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1869 hymn 222. Tune from Hymns Ancient and Modern, 1861. %OHARRANGER unknown assumed Dykes, John Bacchus (1823-1876) words found in "The service of song for Baptist churches", 1876 Hymn 1070; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Sweet Savior, Bless Us Ere We Go page.

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