Sun of My Soul, Thou Savior Dear (w/ Descant) (by G. Campbell Fitzhugh -- SATB, SSATB)

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Death/Funeral
Evening
Light/Sun
A Cappella/Optional A Capella
Includes Vocal Obbligato/Descant

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More about G. Campbell Fitzhugh:
Became a seeker of Conservative Anabaptism while in college. Member of a Conservative Mennonite church. Interest in composing hymn tunes for existing lyrics and writing descants to fit above four-part choral settings.

Song background:

Lyrics by John Keble, in The Christian Year (1820)

Melody from Katholisches Gesangbuch, Vienna, 1776, arr. Peter Ritter, 1760-1846, descant GCF, 2021

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Lyrics: Sun of my soul! Thou Savior dear,
It is not night if Thou be near;
Oh, may no earth-born cloud arise
To hide Thee from Thy servant’s eyes.

When the soft dews of kindly sleep
My wearied eyelids gently steep,
Be my last thought, how sweet to rest
Forever on my Savior’s breast.

Abide with me from morn till eve,
For without Thee I cannot live:
Abide with me when night is nigh,
For without Thee I dare not die.

Come near and bless us when we wake,
Ere through the world our way we take:
Till in the ocean of Thy love
We lose ourselves in heav’n above.

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