Hymn tune
BEACH SPRING
BEACH SPRING is a hymn tune in 8.7.8.7 D, composed by B. F. White (1800–1879) (1844). In a hymnal the tune has a name of its own, printed in capitals, because the same music carries many texts: any hymn written in its meter can be sung to it.
33 hymns in this library share its meter and can be sung to it.
The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from The Sacred Harp, 1860 Page 81.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to BEACH SPRING, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.
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Other texts in the same meter
- Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing — Come, Thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling — Love divine, all love excelling,
- What a Friend We Have in Jesus — What a friend we have in Jesus,
- Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken — Glorious things of thee are spoken,
- Evening Prayer — Savior, breath an evening blessing
- Praise the Lord! Ye Heavens Adore Him — Praise the Lord, ye heav'ns, adore Him;
- Hail, Thou once-despisèd Jesus! — Hail, Thou once despised Jesus!
- Here Am I, Send Me — Hark! the voice of Jesus crying,
- I've Found a Friend — I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend!
- All the Way My Savior Leads Me — All the way my Saviour leads me;
- Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow — Thro the night of doubt and sorrow
- Lord, With Glowing Heart I'd Praise Thee — Lord, with glowing heart I'd praise Thee