As the Dews from Heaven

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[* This Download Package contains PDF versions of the simplified Choir score and the full Orchestral score. *]

Over the years, I have found my deepest understanding of love and human interaction through reading scripture. Hopefully I have gained a little wisdom as well and I try imperfectly to read a little from the scriptures every day. I enjoy the satisfaction of gaining insight when I study; I find it fascinating to see how God works. I hope you do too. This hymn portrays the spiritual growth I feel distilling like dews from heaven as I internalize wisdom, love and healing through reading God’s word.

The Choir version of this piece is for SATB choir, Flute and either Piano or Organ.  I thank my dear friend Ruth Eldredge Thomas for helping me adapt the original Orchestral version for Keyboards and for helping flesh out the underlying harmonies.  The Orchestral version is for Choir, Flute, Oboe, 2 Clarinets, Bassoon, French Horn, 2 Trumpets, Timpani, Glockenspiel, Cymbal, Harp and Strings. Arrangements for other medium sized ensembles are also available (see the last page of either downloadable score for ensemble options; individual parts can be sent upon request).

Here is a computer rendition (AI) of the Full Orchestral Score:

On November 5th, 2022, friends sang this piece under the baton of Kameron Kavanaugh, with Ruth Eldredge Thomas on the piano and Lyndsay Wygant Keith on the flute. If you wish to follow the music, you can listen to either version, but it is easiest to follow visually with the simplified Piano/Flute version (PDF) which I have copied below. This is the Live Choir Version:

 

Composer: WT Stephenson
Arranger: WT Stephenson & R Eldredge Thomas
Created: Oct 2022
Lyrics:

With the morning light descending to caress my window sill, I will lay thy word before me, let my heart grow still. Then with joy, the light of the gospel shall distill upon my soul as the dews from heaven.

As I turn the sacred pages and I pray to see thy plan, I will come to know thy glory, behold thy mighty hand! Then the guiding light of the gospel shall distill upon my soul as the dews from heaven.

When my heart is filled with anger, lost within the dark of night, I can search for keys of wisdom, set free by the God of Light! Then the healing power of the gospel shall distill upon my soul as the dews from heaven.

Duration: 4:00