Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim in Tonic Solfa

Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim in Tonic Solfa to MESSIAH (HERALD), doh is F: the solfa with the words, staff notation, 3 verses and a piano.

The solfa with the words

Doh is F4/4

mJe---rsus,dwe-dthy-

fpro---mmiserclaim;---

sWe--larelmet-sin-

mthy-ddear-rname;---

mIn--rthedmidst-ddo-

fthou--map-rpear,---

sMan---li-sfest-mthy-

rpre---dsencedhere!---

t,Sanc---dti-rfy-fus,-

mLord,--randdbless;---

rBreathe--mthyfspir--lit,-

sgive--fthympeace;---

mThou--rthy-dself-dwith--

fin--musrmove;---

sMake--loursfeast-ma-

rfeast--dofdlove!---

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Key: F major
Doh: F
Time: 4/4
Starts on: m (A)
Range: t, to l (E to D, a seventh)
Tune: MESSIAH (HERALD)
Words: Anonymous
Music: Louis J. F. Herold, George Kingsley

Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Anonymous. Sources and licences.

The solfa line by line

The same solfa as plain text, a line of the hymn at a time, with the words of the first verse under it — easy to copy into your own notes or a message to the choir. To print it, download the solfa as a PDF.

Doh is F · 4/4

| m - - r d - d - Jesus, we thy| f - - m r - - - |promise claim;

| s - - l l - s - We are met in| m - d - r - - - |thy dear name;

| m - - r d - d - In the midst do| f - - m r - - - |thou appear,

| s - - l s - m - Manifest thy| r - - d d - - - |presence here!

| t, - - d r - f - Sanctify us,| m - - r d - - - |Lord, and bless;

| r - - m f - l - Breathe thy spirit,| s - - f m - - - |give thy peace;

| m - - r d - d - Thou thyself with-| f - - m r - - - |in us move;

| s - - l s - m - Make our feast a| r - - d d - - - |feast of love!

Staff notation

The melody on the treble staff in F major, with the first verse under the notes.

The staff is drawn here when you scroll to it.

The words

Jesus, we thy promise claim;
We are met in thy dear name;
In the midst do thou appear,
Manifest thy presence here!
Sanctify us, Lord, and bless;
Breathe thy spirit, give thy peace;
Thou thyself within us move;
Make our feast a feast of love!

Give to us thy humble mind,
Patient, fearless, just and kind;
Meek and lowly let us be,
Full of goodness, full of thee.
Still, O Lord, our faith increase,
Give to us the fruits of peace,
Utterly abolish sin,
Write thy law of love within.

Hence may all our actions flow,
Love, the proof that Christ we know;
Mutual love the token be,
Lord, that we have walked with thee!
Love, thine image, love impart,
Stamp its impress on each heart,
Only love to us be given,
Lord, we ask no other heaven.

How to sing it from the solfa

Find doh first. Play or hum F and sing d r m f s up from it, so the whole choir has the key in their ears before you start.
Pitch the first note. The tune starts on m (A).
Count the time. 4/4 means four crotchet beats in each bar. In the grid every cell is half a crotchet: a dash (–) holds the note before it, and _ is a rest.
Know the notes. The tune uses d r m f s l t. A comma after a note (s,) is the octave below; an apostrophe (d') is the octave above.

New to solfa? Read how to read Tonic Solfa and how to find the doh of a song.

About the hymn

These words were printed without an author's name in the supplement of the 1866 edition of A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion, compiled by Samuel Longfellow and Samuel Johnson (Boston, 1866), as hymn 560, “Communion Hymn”, where the book credits them to a Wesleyan source.

The book printed the words without tunes, marked Sevens Double (7.7.7.7.7.7.7.7), to be sung to any tune of that metre. This page sets them to MESSIAH (HERALD); any other Sevens Double tune fits them as well.

Words: Anonymous
Music (1839): Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined)
Arranged (1839): George Kingsley (died undefined)

Tune MESSIAH (HERALD) by Louis J. F. Herold (died undefined) and George Kingsley (died undefined); words by Anonymous.

Sung to the same tune: 'Tis My Happiness Below, Blessing, Honour, Thanks, and Praise, Bound upon the Accursed Tree, Come, and Let Us Sweetly Join, Faint the Earth, and Parched with Drought, God of Love, We Look to Thee, Grace, Triumphant in the Throne, Happy Man Whom God Doth Aid, Happy Soul Who Sees the Day, Hark! How Time's Wide Sounding Bell, Let the Beasts Their Breath Resign, Lord! Thou Didst Arise and Say, Oft in Vain the Voice of Truth, Sinner, Art Thou Still Secure.

Questions about Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim

What is the doh of Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim?

In this version, in F major, doh is F. If your choir sings it in another key, doh moves to the new key note and every solfa syllable stays the same — that is what movable doh means.

What note does Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim start on?

It starts on m (A in F major). Find doh first, then sing up or down to m.

Is Jesus, We Thy Promise Claim in the public domain?

Yes. Louis J. F. Herold died in undefined, George Kingsley died in undefined; the words were in print by 1866 and the music in 1839. Everyone named died before 1955 and both were published before 1929, so the hymn is out of copyright in the UK, the EU, the United States and Nigeria. Modern arrangements and translations can still be under copyright.