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Free same-meter accompaniment for The Morning of the Lord's Day (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) in four-part harmony, 4 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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- 1Early, my God, without delay,
- I haste to seek Thy face;
- My thirsty spirit faints away,
- Without Thy cheering grace.
- 2I’ve seen Thy glory and Thy power
- Through all Thy temple shine:
- My God, repeat that heavenly hour,
- That vision so divine.
- 3Not all the blessings of a feast
- Can please my soul so well,
- As when Thy richer grace I taste,
- And in Thy presence dwell.
- 4Not life itself, with all its joys,
- Can my best passions move,
- Or raise so high my cheerful voice,
- As Thy forgiving love.
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 Morning of the Lord's Day page.
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