When I played this hymn today, I was surprised to notice that the hymn seemed different to me in measures 7-11. I looked up this hymn in the old hymnal and found out why I felt that way. In the old hymnal, the women sing measures 7-11, but in the 1985 edition, bass and tenor parts have been added. I like the old way better. I've used this hymn for choir, and how we made it special was to sing only verses 5-8, which are rarely sung by the congregation. At the end of verse 8, we added a tag ending on
"Lord, teach us how to pray."
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