"St. Peter" (TLH #364)

Transposed from E flat major to F major

"St. Peter" (TLH #286)

Transposed from Eb major to F major

"St. Peter"

There are two different arrangements of this tune in Lutheran Worship.

The Lutheran Service Book #524, Lutheran Worship #279, Lutheran Worship #474, The Lutheran Hymnal #364

"Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink"

One of the hymns in a church service last year (I think it was the Tenth Sunday after Pentecost) was "Oh, for a Faith That Will Not Shrink" (#396 in The Lutheran Hymnal).  The last verse is:

Lord, give us such a faith as this;
And then, what'er may come,
We'll taste e'en now the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.

The last line is sung to this musical phrase (from the tune "St. Peter"):

The tune is in Eb major, and the last note is an Eb.  This is the tonic - or "home" - note of that key, so "home" in the text is sung to the musical home of the tune.