What would Keach’s hymns have sounded like when they were first sung? What might they sound like if we still sung them today?
Thanks to Walt Harrah, we have the answer! Keach’s original hymns have been updated and edited by Walt and combined to the musical settings provided by SUNO AI in these selections.
INFINITE GOD
WORDS BY BENJAMIN KEACH, MUSIC BY WALT HARRAH
Regions of vast Eternal Light,
Crown thee, most Holy God;
From everlasting in thy Self,
Blessed in sacred abode:
Before this World from naught was fram’d,
or, Earth’s Foundations laid;
Or Heavens spread in vast array
or any Creature made.
Infinite God, though you inhabit all eternity
How blessed we are that you would dwell with us
Thou didst in Glory, Lord, abide;
thy being hadst alone,
In thy own Self, and none beside,
Always the Holy One.
Eternal Father, your great Name,
We would by faith Adore:
From everlasting thy dread Fame
Shines, and shall Evermore.
Thou Happy wast in thy own Self,
and that in th’ high’st degree;
To thy essential Glory, Lord,
nothing can added be,
Thou need’st not us; What canst thou take
from any Creatures hand?
Yet to ascribe all Praise to Thee,
is thy most just Command.
A Sacred Hymn of the Deity of CHRIST
WORDS BY BENJAMIN KEACH, MUSIC BY WALT HARRAH
1 In Thee, Lord Christ,
we may Thy Father’s Glory see;
Thou his brightness and glory art,
The God-head dwells in thee.
2 Thou art a Man, yet God,
In thee both Natures meet,
That God and Man thou mightst
Unite In Union great and sweet.
3 Thou must be Man to Die:
Sing Praise, ye Saints, sing Praise!
Christ must be God to Satisfie;
His Glory therefore raise!
4 Such that behold Thee, Lord,
The Father also see;
And such a Mediator ‘t did
Behove thee for to be.
5 Thou lay’st thy Hands on both,
And dost to each display
Most equally thy dearest Love;
And therefore we must say,
6 There’s none, Lord, like to Thee
in thy Self does shine
All glories which the Father hath,
Both Sacred and Divine.
GOD IS A MAN OF WAR
WORDS BY BENJAMIN KEACH, MUSIC BY WALT HARRAH
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