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Free same-meter accompaniment for Zion's Watchmen (Philip Doddridge): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune ST. ANNE (William Croft) 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. ANNE (William Croft), a Common Meter (8.6.8.6) tune — not necessarily the tune usually paired with this text. Any tune in the same meter fits the words.
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- 1Let Zion's watchmen all awake,
- And take th'alarm they give;
- Now let them from the mouth of God
- Their solemn charge receive.
- 2'Tis not a cause of small import
- The pastor's care demands;
- But what might fill an angel's heart,
- And filled a Saviour's hands.
- 3They watch for souls, for which the Lord
- Did heavenly bliss forgo;
- For souls, which must forever live
- In raptures or in woe.
- 4May they that Jesus, whom they preach,
- Their own Redeemer see;
- And watch Thou daily o'er their souls,
- That they may watch for Thee.
- 5Amen.
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 Zion's Watchmen page.
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