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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Converted Thief (Samuel Stennett): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 6 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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- 1As on the cross the Saviour hung,
- And wept, and bled, and died,
- He pour'd salvation on a wretch
- That languish'd by his side.
- 2His crimes, with inward grief and shame,
- The penitent confessed;
- Then turned his dying eyes to Christ,
- And thus his prayer addressed:
- 3"Jesus, thou Son and Heir of heaven,
- Thou spotless Lamb of God,
- I see thee bathed in sweat and tears,
- And welt'ring in thy blood.
- 4"Yet quickly from those scenes of woe,
- In triumph thou shalt rise,
- Burst through the gloomy shades of death,
- And mount above the skies.
- 5"Amid the glories of that world,
- Dear Saviour, think on me:
- And, in the vict'ries of thy death
- May I a sharer be!"
- 6His prayer the dying Jesus heard,
- And instantly replied,
- "To-day thy parting soul shall be
- With me in Paradise."
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 The Converted Thief page.
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