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Play “The Church is the Honor and Safety of a Nation”
Free same-meter accompaniment for The Church is the Honor and Safety of a Nation (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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- 1Great is the Lord our God,
- And let His praise be great;
- He makes the Church His own abode,
- His most delightful seat.
- 2In Zion God is known,
- A refuge in distress;
- How bright has His salvation shone
- Through all her palaces.
- 3Oft have our fathers told,
- Our eyes have often seen,
- How well our God secures the fold,
- Where His own sheep have been.
- 4In every new distress
- We’ll to His house repair;
- We'll think upon His wondrous grace,
- And seek deliverance there.
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 Church is the Honor and Safety of a Nation page.
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