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Play “The Dying Christian”
Free same-meter accompaniment for The Dying Christian (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune HYFRYDOL (Rowland Hugh Prichard) 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 HYFRYDOL (Rowland Hugh Prichard), a 8.7.8.7 D tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Happy soul, thy days are ended,
- All thy mourning days below;
- Go, by angel guards attended,
- To the sight of Jesus go!
- 2Waiting to receive thy spirit,
- Lo! the Saviour stands above,
- Shows the purchase of his merit,
- Reaches out the crown of love.
- 3Struggle through thy latest passion
- To thy dear Redeemer's breast,
- To his uttermost salvation,
- To his everlasting rest.
- 4For the joy he sets before thee,
- Bear a momentary pain;
- Die, to live the life of glory;
- Suffer, with thy Lord to reign.
About this music
HYFRYDOL — Rowland Hugh Prichard. 'HyFrydol' Rowland H. Prichard, 1830. Setting: "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The English Hymnal' 1906, Hymn 563. Arrangement - NOT PRICHARD per English hymnal, 1906 assume RV Williams; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Dying Christian page.
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