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Play “To Us a Child of Hope is Born”
Free same-meter accompaniment for To Us a Child of Hope is Born (John Morison; Michael Bruce): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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 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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- 1To us a child of hope is born,
- To us a son is given,
- And on His shoulder ever rests
- All power in earth and heaven.
- 2His name shall be the Prince of Peace,
- The everlasting Lord,
- The Wonderful, the Counsellor,
- The God by all adored.
- 3His righteous government and power
- Shall over all extend;
- On judgment and on justice based,
- His reign shall have no end.
- 4Lord Jesus, reign in us, we pray,
- And make us Thine alone,
- Who with the Father ever art
- And Holy Spirit, one.
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 To Us a Child of Hope is Born page.
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