Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me--SAB/Piano is currently unavailable

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Choral Choir (SAB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.829484 Composed by Lyndell Leatherman. Christian,Sacred. Octavo. 6 pages. Leatherman Music Services #6853205. Published by Leatherman Music Services (A0.829484). In 1983 John Ness Beck (co-founder of Beckenhorst Press) published my choral piece, "Gracious Spirit, Dwell with Me." It was my first freelance arrangement and, interestingly, turned out to be the best-selling anthem that I've ever written. It's had a good run with Beckenhorst, but now the rights have been returned to me. And so it's my joy to introduce it to another generation of church musicians, with a companion orchestration now available (sold separately at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/gracious-spirit-dwell-with-me-orchestration-digital-sheet-music.....Thinking of the many church choirs who have fewer men than women, I have created this SAB edition. (The original SATB edition is available separately at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/22256369. The orchestration, available at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/22237960, fits either edition as well as the original SATB version published in 1983 (in case you have the octavo already in your music library and would like to re-introduce it with orchestral accompaniment.) This demo is the 1983 SATB/Piano edition.This moving text is perfect for Pentecost! In addition, as a general prayer of aspiration it’s suitable just about anytime in the church year. In the process of re-releasing the anthem I have edited my 1983 self, adding optional alternate lyrics in places and making other improvements based on 40 years of "beta-testing". Some of the lyric options include replacing the word "with" with "in" (as in "Gracious Spirit, dwell in me"). Some traditions emphasize the Spirit dwelling in the believer, hence the option of using that preposition. However, the original "with" is also correct theologically, according to my wise theologian friend, Dr. Richard H. Neiderhiser. He writes: ESV translates the section from John 14:16: . . .I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper (Counselor, Advocate), to be with you forever. The word Advocate or Counselor is presuming to mean someone who stands beside you, which would presume "with". ***********************It has been my lifelong endeavor to provide fresh, yet accessible music for the churches and schools with whom I have been associated. Because of the slowdown caused by Covid-19 in 2020, I finally had the time to start posting 45 years' worth of custom arrangements on Sheet Music Plus. If you are curious about what else is available, please navigate to my publisher page here on SMP < https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/publishers/leatherman-music-services/16718 > or slip over to Facebook < https://www.facebook.com/leathermanmusicservices >, where you can see and hear more published works. Thanks for your interest!   God bless! Lyndell Leatherman, ASCAP This product was created by a member of ArrangeMe, Hal Leonard’s global self-publishing community of independent composers, arrangers, and songwriters. ArrangeMe allows for the publication of unique arrangements of both popular titles and original compositions from a wide variety of voices and backgrounds. About Digital Downloads Digital Downloads are downloadable sheet music files that can be viewed directly on your computer, tablet or mobile device. Once you download your digital sheet music, you can view and print it at home, school, or anywhere you want to make music, and you don’t have to be connected to the internet. Just purchase, download and play! PLEASE NOTE: Your Digital Download will have a watermark at the bottom of each page that will include your name, purchase date and number of copies purchased. You are only authorized to print the number of copies that you have purchased. You may not digitally distribute or print more copies than purchased for use (i.e., you may not print or digitally distribute individual copies to friends or students).