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Play “The Glad Tidings of Salvation”

Free same-meter accompaniment for The Glad Tidings of Salvation (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 3 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. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1Salvation! oh, the joyful sound!
  2. What pleasure to our ears!
  3. A sovereign balm for every wound,
  4. A cordial for our fears.
  5. Sinners, the hiding-place is nigh;
  6. The Saviour calls—away!
  7. He is the only refuge, fly!
  8. There’s danger in delay.
  9. 2Salvation! let the echo fly
  10. The spacious earth around,
  11. While all the armies of the sky
  12. Conspire to raise the sound;
  13. Sinners, the hiding-place is nigh;
  14. The Saviour calls—away!
  15. He is the only refuge, fly!
  16. There’s danger in delay.
  17. 3Salvation! oh, thou bleeding Lamb,
  18. To thee the praise belongs!
  19. Salvation shall inspire our hearts,
  20. And dwell upon our tongues.
  21. Sinners, the hiding-place is nigh;
  22. The Saviour calls—away!
  23. He is the only refuge, fly!
  24. There’s danger in delay.

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 Glad Tidings of Salvation page.

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