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Play “Thine Forever, God of Love”
Free same-meter accompaniment for Thine Forever, God of Love (Mary Fawler Maude): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons) 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 CANTERBURY (Orlando Gibbons), a 7.7.7.7 tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Thine for ever! God of love,
- Hear us from Thy throne above;
- Thine for ever may we be,
- Here and in eternity.
- 2Thine for ever! Lord of life,
- Shield us through our earthly strife;
- Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
- Guide us to the realms of day.
- 3Thine for ever! O how blest
- They who find in Thee their rest;
- Saviour, Guardian, heavenly Friend,
- O, defend us to the end.
- 4Thine for ever! Thou our Guide,
- All our wants by Thee supplied,
- All our sins by Thee forgiven,
- Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven.
About this music
CANTERBURY — Orlando Gibbons. 'Canterbury' or 'Song 13' Orlando Gibbons, 1623. Setting: "Common Service Book" (ULCA), 1917.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'Common Service Book With Hymnal' ULCA, 1917 Hymn 156.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Thine Forever, God of Love page.
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