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Play “'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand”
Free same-meter accompaniment for 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand (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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- 1'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand,
- God of eternal power!
- The sea grows calm at thy command,
- And tempests cease to roar.
- 2Thy morning light and evening shade
- Successive comforts bring;
- Thy plenteous fruits make harvest glad;
- Thy flowers adorn the spring.
- 3Seasons and times, and moons and hours,
- Heaven, earth, and air are thine;
- When clouds distill in fruitful showers,
- The author is divine!
- 4Those wandering cisterns in the sky,
- Borne by the winds around,
- With watery treasures well supply
- The furrows of the ground.
- 5The thirsty ridges drink their fill,
- And ranks of corn appear;
- Thy ways abound with blessings still--
- Thy goodness crowns the year.
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 'Tis by thy strength the mountains stand page.
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