From e2e2115e36a356aba42f99776d1714f6d1a654f2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chandler Swift <chandler@chandlerswift.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2025 12:03:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add "Faith of our Fathers" (#404)

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 resources/hymns/404-faith-of-our-fathers.ly | 110 ++++++++++++++++++++
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+% from https://hymnary.org/hymn/MHPG1900/page/211
+% text: Faith of our Fathers https://hymnary.org/text/faith_of_our_fathers_living_still
+% tune: St. Catherine https://hymnary.org/tune/st_catherine_hemy
+% Second verse instead from https://hymnary.org/hymn/HKoG1910/page/148, but
+% substituting "Mankind shall than indeed be free" with "…be truly free" as in
+% https://hymnary.org/hymn/HKoG1910/page/148
+% Transposed down a half step
+% CEL1997 (in G) has a tenor suspension on C4 (the seventh) on the third beat of
+% measures 3 and 11, rather than the B♭2~A2 in MHPG1900; that's included here.
+
+\version "2.24.4"
+
+\header {
+  tagline = ##f
+}
+
+\language "english"
+
+global = {
+  \key g \major
+  \time 3/4
+}
+
+soprano = \relative b' {
+  \global
+  b4 a g | g( fs) g | a( e) fs | g2. |
+  g4 fs e | d2 g4 | g( fs) g | a2. |
+  b4 a g | g( fs) g | a( e) fs | g2. |
+  g4 fs e | d2 b'4 | a( b) a | g2. \bar "||" \break
+  c4 c c | b2 b4 | a2 a4 | b2. |
+  b4 a g | e2 g4 | a2 a4 | g2. \bar "|."
+}
+
+alto = \relative d' {
+  \global
+  d4 d d | d2 d4 | e2 d4 | d2. |
+  e4 d c | b2 d4 | cs2 cs4 | d2. |
+  d4 d d | d2 d4 | e2 d4 | d2. |
+  e4 d c | b2 d4 | cs2 c4 | b2. |
+  e4 e e | d2 g4 | fs2 fs4 | g2. |
+  d4 d d | e2 e4 | fs2 fs4 | d2.
+}
+
+tenor = \relative g {
+  \global
+  \clef bass
+  g4 c b | b( c) b | c2 c4 | b2. |
+  g4 g g | g2 g4 | a2 g4 | fs2. |
+  g4 c b | b( c) b | c2 c4 | b2. |
+  g4 g g | g2 g4 | g2 fs4 | g2. |
+  g4 g g | g2 d'4 | d2 d4 | d2. |
+  d4 c b | c2 b4 | d( a) c | b2.
+}
+
+bass = \relative g {
+  \global
+  g4 g g | g( a) g | c,2 d4 | g,2. |
+  c4 c c | g2 b4 | a2 a4 | d2. |
+  g4 g g | g( a) g | c,2 d4 | g,2. |
+  c4 c c | g2 g4 | a2 d4 | g,2. |
+  c4 c c | g'2 g4 | d2 d4 | g2. |
+  g4 g g | c,2 e4 | d2 d4 | g,2.
+}
+
+verseOne = \lyricmode {
+  Faith of our fa -- thers, liv -- ing still
+  in spite of dun -- geon, fire, and sword;
+  O how our hearts beat high with joy
+  When -- e'er we hear that glo -- rious word!
+  Faith of our fa -- thers, ho -- ly faith!
+  We will be true to thee till death!
+}
+
+verseTwo = \lyricmode {
+  Faith of our fa -- thers! we will strive
+  to win all na -- tions un -- to thee,
+  And through the truth that comes from God,
+  Man -- kind shall then be tru -- ly free.
+}
+
+verseThree = \lyricmode {
+  Faith of our fa -- thers! we will love
+  both friend and foe in all our strife,
+  and preach thee, too, as love knows how,
+  by kind -- ly words and vir -- tuous life.
+}
+
+\score {
+  \new ChoirStaff <<
+    \new Staff \with { \consists Merge_rests_engraver } <<
+      \new Voice = "soprano" { \voiceOne \soprano }
+      \new Voice = "alto" { \voiceTwo \alto }
+      \new Lyrics \lyricsto soprano { \set stanza = "1. " \verseOne }
+      \new Lyrics \lyricsto soprano { \set stanza = "2. " \verseTwo }
+      \new Lyrics \lyricsto soprano { \set stanza = "3. " \verseThree }
+    >>
+    \new Staff \with { \consists Merge_rests_engraver } <<
+      \clef bass
+      \new Voice = "tenor" { \voiceOne \tenor }
+      \new Voice = "bass" { \voiceTwo \bass }
+    >>
+  >>
+  \layout {
+    indent = 0
+    \context {
+      \Score
+      \omit BarNumber
+    }
+  }
+}