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Play “When God of old came down from heaven”
Free same-meter accompaniment for When God of old came down from heaven (John Keble): 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.
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- 1When God, of old, came down from heaven,
- In power and wrath he came;
- Before his feet the clouds were riven,
- Half darkness and half flame.
- 2But when he came the second time,
- He came in power and love;
- Softer than gales at morning prime,
- Hovered his holy Dove.
- 3The fires that rushed on Sinai down
- In sudden torrents dread,
- Now gently light a glorious crown
- On every sainted head.
- 4Like arrows went those lightnings forth,
- Winged with the sinner's doom;
- But these, like tongues, o'er all the earth
- Proclaiming life to come.
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 When God of old came down from heaven page.
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