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Play “The Book of Nature and Scripture”
Free same-meter accompaniment for The Book of Nature and Scripture (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) 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.
Sung here to ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Behold, the lofty sky
- Declares its Maker, God;
- All all the starry worlds on high,
- Proclaim his power abroad.
- 2The darkness and the light
- Still keep their course the same;
- While night to day, and day to night,
- Divinely teach his name.
- 3In every different land,
- Their general voice is known;
- They show the wonders of his hand,
- And orders of his throne.
- 4While of thy works I sing,
- Thy glory to proclaim,
- Accept the praise, my God, my king,
- In my Redeemer's name.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Book of Nature and Scripture page.
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