ST. CHRISTOPHER

ST. CHRISTOPHER is a hymn tune in 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6, composed by Frederick C. Maker (1844–1927) (1881). 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.

In this library it is the tune for 1 hymn, listed below.

The four-part harmony played here comes from the Open Hymnal Project's public-domain edition (copied from Bristol Tune-Book, 1891, tune 782. Indicates it was in the 1881 edition, but I have no copy of that.). Choose any text below and press play to hear the words sung to ST. CHRISTOPHER, with the lines highlighted as they come — on organ, piano or guitar, in any key.

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