RESCUE THE PERISHING

RESCUE THE PERISHING is a hymn tune in 11.10.11.10.11.10, composed by W. Howard Doane (1832–1915) (1870). 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.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from "Songs of Devotion", 1870 page 258 Hymn 642. Lyrics, same source.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to RESCUE THE PERISHING, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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