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Play “With joy we hail the sacred day”
Free same-meter accompaniment for With joy we hail the sacred day (Harriet Auber): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. THOMAS (Aaron Williams) in four-part harmony, 5 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. THOMAS (Aaron Williams), a Short Meter (6.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1With joy we hail the sacred day
- Which we have called God's own;
- With joy the summons we obey
- To worship at His throne.
- 2Thy chosen temple, Lord, how fair!
- As here Thy servants throng
- To breathe the humble, fervent prayer,
- And pour the choral song.
- 3Spirit of grace, O deign to dwell
- Within Thy Church below;
- Make her in holiness excel,
- With pure devotion glow.
- 4Let peace within her walls be found;
- Let all her sons unite
- To spread with holy zeal around
- Her clear and shining light.
- 5Great God, we hail the sacred day
- Which we have called Thine own;
- With joy the summons we obey
- To worship at Thy throne.
About this music
ST. THOMAS — Aaron Williams. Setting: "The Church Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged" (Episcopal), 1905.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from Episcopal Hymnal, 1905 Hymn 485.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the With joy we hail the sacred day page.
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