Mrs. Friedrich posted the lyrics to "O Let My Name Engraven Stand", following Gracie's post on hymns.
We sing "O Let My Name Engraven Stand" from the Cantus Christi, which only has three verses, which are three, four, and seven in the version posted by Mrs. Friedrich.
The Cantus Christi has a different tune than the one mentioned as well, "Invitation", written by Jacob Kimball in 1784.
It is a beautiful tune. In the second half, the parts come in one by one, Bass, Tenor, Soprano, Alto, at the rate of one per measure, similar to "Russia", written by Daniel Read in 1786, which is the tune to 119x in The Book of Psalms for singing, and Psalm 119 (number 158) in the Cantus Christi. Thus the music, which pauses and rests for a moment before the second half, goes from silence to increasing volume as each part comes in, which is very beautiful and vigorous!
I tried to find the tune online, and found The Joe Beasley Memorial Sacred Harp Album, which has mp3s of each track, including Invitation. The recording, which says that it is a recording of the Old Flatwoods Church, Nauvoo, Alabama's night singing in 1954, is quite a bit faster that what we sing and sounds like it has been "embroidered" some, especially at the end. (We also couldn't figure out what verse they were singing.)
I had better success at Amazon, finding this Amazon sample of the last verse. :-) Enjoy.
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Isn't it beautiful? :-)
I love it when everyone is singing together and singing vigorously, skillfully, beautifully, and thankfully. :-)
Right now we're learning one, 'The Song of Simeon', 426 in the Cantus Christi, which is very beautiful. If I have time I'll post the lyrics, perhaps today. That one is a little harder than we're used to, but as we learn it it becomes easier, and the tune and words have been running through my mind this morning. :-)
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