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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Excellence of Scripture (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 5 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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- 1Laden with guilt, and full of fears,
- I fly to Thee, my Lord,
- And not a ray of hope appears
- But in Thy written word.
- 2The volume of my Father's grace
- Does all my fried assuage;
- Here I behold my Saviour's face
- In almost every page.
- 3This is the field where hidden lies
- The pearly of price unknown;
- That merchant is divinely wise
- Who makes the pearl His own.
- 4This is the judge that ends the strife,
- Where wit and reason fail;
- My guide to everlasting life,
- through all this gloomy vale.
- 5Oh may Thy counsels, mighty God!
- My roving feet command;
- And teach me to pursue the road
- That leads to Thy right hand.
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 Excellence of Scripture page.
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