"Leaning on the Everlasting Arms" is a Christian Hymn with lyrics and music written by the Rev. Anthony Johnson Showalter (1858-1924) taking the phrase "Everlasting Arms" in the title from the book of Deuteronomy. The hymn has featured prominently in at least two films: "Night of the Hunter" where it is sung by Robert Mitchum's character, and "True Grit" (2010) where Carter Burwell adapts the hymn as the film's main theme.
The music is for piano or keyboard and can be downloaded in the following formats: PDF Piano Sheet Music, MIDI file and MP3 file.
Here is a video of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms for piano:
The audio controls below allow you to play the mp3 version of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms for piano or you can download the MP3 file. You can also download the midi version of Leaning on the Everlasting Arms for piano.
The image below is the first page of the sheet music, and here you can download the full sheet music for Leaning on the Everlasting Arms for piano in PDF format.
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