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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Gospel Feast (Isaac Watts): 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.
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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- 1Let ev'ry mortal ear attend,
- And ev'ry heart rejoice;
- The trumpet of the Gospel sounds
- With an inviting voice.
- 2Ho! all ye starving souls
- That feed upon the wind,
- And vainly strive with earthly toys
- To fill an empty mind.
- 3Here wisdom has prepared
- A soul-reviving feast,
- And bids your longing appetites
- The rich provision taste.
- 4Ho! ye that pant for living streams,
- And pine away and die,
- Here you may quench your raging thirst
- With springs that never dry.
- 5Rivers of love and mercy here
- In a rich ocean join;
- Salvation in abundance flows,
- Like floods of milk and wine.
- 6The gates of Gospel grace
- Stand open night and day:
- Lord! we are come to seek supplies,
- And drive our wants away.
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 Gospel Feast page.
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