With Songs and Honors

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Composer
Elisha West
Difficulty
Moderately Easy radio_button_checked radio_button_checked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked radio_button_unchecked
Season
Season After Pentecost Easter Season Epiphany (day and season) Thanksgiving General
Voicing(s)
SATB
Instruments
Unaccompanied [a cappella]
Category
Anthems
Instrumental Only?
No
Description

A wonderful shape-note Fuging Tune (Edom) from the 1797 Sacred Harp. SATB a cappella (the accompanying recording doubles the voices with brass). Text by Isaac Watts, celebrating God's good earth.

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Lyrics

With songs and honors sounding loud,
Address the Lord on high;
Over the heav’ns He spreads His cloud,
And waters veil the sky.

He sends His showers of blessing down
to cheer the plains below;
He makes the grass the mountains crown,
And corn in valleys grow.