SAINTS' DAYS: ST. MATTHIAS
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\new Staff { \clef treble \time 4/2 \key g \major \partial 2 \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \omit Staff.TimeSignature \set Score.tempoHideNote = ##t \override Score.BarNumber #'transparent = ##t
\relative c'
<< { d2 | g a b g | a c b \fermata \bar"||" b | e, fis g e | d1. \breathe \bar"||" \break
a'2 | b g c b | e, a fis \fermata \bar"||" d | g4( a) b2 c a | g1. \bar"|." } \\
{ b,2 | b d d d | d e d d| cis d d cis | d1.
d2 | d d c d | c e d d | d d c d | b1. } >>
}
\new Staff { \clef bass \key g \major \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \omit Staff.TimeSignature
\relative c'
<< { g2 | g fis g g | fis g g g | g fis b a4( g) | fis1.
fis2 | g g e4( fis) g2 | g c a fis | g g e fis | g1. } \\
{ g2 | e d g, b | d c g \fermata g | a d g, a | d1.
d2 | g, b a b | c a d \fermata d4( c) | b( a) g2 a d | g1. } >>
}
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\layout { indent = #0 }
\midi { \tempo 2 = 69 }](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/6/i/6izwy93lc47yk4l9pag7c26q0dsnd3h/6izwy93l.png)
Note.—A higher setting of this tune will be found at Hymn 341.
ST. MATTHIAS
THE highest and the holiest place
Guards not the heart from sin;
The Church that safest seems without
May harbour foes within.
2 Thus in the small and chosen band,
Beloved above the rest,
One fell from his apostleship,
A traitor-soul unblest
3 But not the great designs of God
Man’s sins shall overthrow;
Another witness to the truth
Forth to the lands shall go
4 The soul that sinneth, it shall die;
Thy purpose shall not fail;
The word of grace no less shall sound,
The truth no less prevail.
5. Righteous, O Lord, are all thy ways;
Long as the worlds endure,
From foes without and foes within
Thy Church shall stand secure.
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\new Staff { \clef treble \time 4/2 \key g \major \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \omit Staff.TimeSignature
\relative c'' { << { g1 g \bar"||" } \\ { c, b } >> }
}
\new Lyrics \lyricmode { A -- men. }
\new Staff { \clef bass \key g \major \set Staff.midiInstrument = "church organ" \omit Staff.TimeSignature
\relative c { << { e1 d } \\ { c1 g } >> }
}
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\layout { indent = #0 }
\midi { \tempo 2 = 69 }](http://upload.wikimedia.org/score/c/w/cwns2kzdiugpkn23qtsxcfficzqxkjn/cwns2kzd.png)
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