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Play “This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made”
Free same-meter accompaniment for This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made (Isaac Watts): 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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- 1This is the day the Lord hath made;
- He calls the hours His own;
- Let heaven rejoice, let earth be glad,
- And praise surround the throne.
- 2Today He rose and left the dead,
- And Satan's empire fell;
- Today the saints His triumphs spread
- And all His wonders tell.
- 3Hosanna to th'anointed King,
- To David's holy Son:
- Help us, O Lord; descend and bring
- Salvation from Thy throne.
- 4Blest be the Lord, who comes to men
- With messages of grace;
- Who comes in God His Father's name,
- To save our sinful race.
- 5Hosanna in the highest strains
- The Church on earth can raise!
- The highest heavens, in which He reigns,
- Shall give Him nobler praise.
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 This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made page.
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