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Play “The Son of Man lifted up”

Free same-meter accompaniment for The Son of Man lifted up (Isaac Watts): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) 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 OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois), a Long Meter (8.8.8.8) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.

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  1. 1He dies, the Friend of sinners dies!
  2. Lo, Salem's daughters weep around,
  3. A solemn darkness veils the skies;
  4. A sudden trembling shakes the ground.
  5. 2Here's love and grief beyond degree;
  6. The Lord of glory dies for man:
  7. But lo, what sudden joys I see,
  8. Jesus, the dead, revives again!
  9. 3The rising God forsakes the tomb;
  10. The tomb in vain forbids His rise;
  11. Cherubic legions guard Him home,
  12. And shout Him welcome to the skies.
  13. 4Break off your tears, ye saints, and tell
  14. How high your great Deliverer reigns;
  15. Sing how He spoiled the hosts of hell,
  16. And led the monster death in chains.
  17. 5Say, "Live for ever, wondrous King!
  18. Born to redeem, and strong to save,"
  19. Then ask the monster, "Where's thy sting?"
  20. And, "Where's thy victory, boasting grave?"

About this music

OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The Son of Man lifted up page.

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