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Sometimes a Light Surprises
This arrangement for baritone voice sets William Cowper’s 1779 text “Sometimes a Light Surprises” with the traditional Irish tune SALLEY GARDENS.
Sheet Music: OLD HUNDREDTH and Doxology
Inside, you’ll find versions of the OLD HUNDREDTH tune and doxology for organ, piano, and four-hand piano.
Sheet Music: GENEVAN 47 for Four Hands
This arrangement’s simple harmonization amplifies its irregular rhythms, pulsing hits, and forward momentum, all of which draw the listener into its namesake: “Clap your hands… and shout to God!” (Ps. 47:1).
Hymn text: “We Are Baptized Into Christ”
This text offers an assurance of what we profess in our baptisms, that “everflowing grace does stream to every fear and strife,” and that none can “e’er contain the Fount of steadfast grace,” our Creator and friend.
Hymn text: “The Call To Christian Service”
Theologically, this text makes theological connections between vocation, grace, and the pilgrimage of every person in Christ.