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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Heart Dissolving in Love (Charles Wesley): 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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- 1Jesus hath died that I might live,
- Might live to God alone;
- In Him eternal life receive,
- And be in spirit one.
- 2Saviour, I thank thee for the grace,
- The gift unspeakable:
- And wait with arms of faith t’embrace,
- And all Thy love to feel.
- 3My soul breaks out in strong desire
- The perfect bliss to prove;
- My longing heart is all on fire
- To be dissolved in love.
- 4Give me thyself; from every boast,
- From every wish set free;
- Let all I am in thee be lost,
- But give Thyself to me.
- 5Thy gifts, alas! cannot suffice
- Unless Thyself be given;
- Thy presence makes my paradise,
- And where Thou art is heaven.
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 Heart Dissolving in Love page.
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