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Free same-meter accompaniment for The True Light (Charles Wesley): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz) 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 BATTY (Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz), a 8.7.8.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Light of those whose dreary dwelling
- Borders on the shades of death,
- Jesus, now Thyself revealing,
- Scatter every cloud beneath.
- 2Still we wait for Thine appearing;
- Life and joy Thy beams impart,
- Chasing all our doubts, and cheering
- Every meek and contrite heart.
- 3Show Thy power in every nation,
- O Thou Prince of Peace and Love!
- Give the knowledge of salvation,
- Fix our hearts on things above.
- 4By Thine all-sufficient merit,
- Every burdened soul release;
- By the presence of Thy Spirit,
- Guide us into perfect peace.
About this music
BATTY — Basel, 1745 from Johann Thommen's Musicalischer Christenschatz. Setting: "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from "Kern des Deutschen Kirchengesangs Zum Gebrauch" Fridrich Layriz, 1854 Hymn 108. Text as found in 1871 Episcopal Hymnal; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the The True Light page.
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