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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Hope of Heaven (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.
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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- 1How happy every child of grace,
- Who knows his sins forgiven!
- This earth, he cries, is not my place,
- I seek my place in heaven;
- 2A country far from mortal sight,
- Yet, O, by faith I see
- The land of rest, the saint's delight,
- The heaven prepared for me.
- 3O what a blessed hope is ours!
- While here on earth we stay
- We more than taste the heavenly powers,
- And antedate that day.
- 4We feel the resurrection near,
- Our life in Christ concealed,
- And with his glorious presence here
- Our earthen vessels filled.
- 5On him with rapture I shall gaze,
- Who bought the bliss for me,
- And shout and wonder at his grace
- Through all eternity.
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 Hope of Heaven page.
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