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STOCKWOOD.
8s
&
7s.
(Original.)
"How
fair
is
thy
love,
my
sister,
my
spouse!
how
much
better
is
thy
love
than
wine!
and
the
smell
of
thine
ointments
than
all
spices."-SOLOMONS
SONGS
4:
10.
DR.
S.
F.
SMITH.
Key
of
A
Minor.
By
M.
MARK
WYNN,
1859.
1.
Sis
-
ter,
thou
wast
mild
and
love-ly,
Gen
-
tle
as
the
sum
-
mer
breeze,
Pleas-ant
as
the
air
of
evening,When
it
flows
a-mong
the
trees.
2.
Dear
-
est
sis
-
ter,
thou
hast
left
us,
Here
thy
loss
we
deep
-
ly
feel,
But
'tis
God
that
hast
be
-
reft
us,
He
can
all
our
sor-rows
heal.
3.
Peace - ful
be
thy
si
-
lent
slumber,
Peace
-
ful
in
the
grave
so
low;
Thou
no
more
wilt
join
our
number,Thou
no
more
our
songs
shall
know.
4.
Yet
a
-
gain
we
hope
to
meet
thee,When
the
day
of
life
is
fled,Then
in
heav-en
with
joy
to
greet
thee,
Where
no
farewell
tear
is
shed.
Dr.
S.
F.
Smith
was
an
American
Baptist
minister,
born
1808
and
died
1895.
He
wrote
some
very
fine
hymns.
Some
of
them
are,
"
My
Country,
'tis
of
Thee,"
"When
the
Harvest
is
Past
and
the
Summer
is
Gone,"
and
the
above
hymn.
It
was
composed
on
the
death
of
a
young
lady,
and
supposed
to
have
been
composed
between
1830
and
1S40.
This
tune
is
inserted
in
place
of
tune
"
Ball
Hill
Removed."
M.
Mark
Wynn
was
a
noted
teacher
of
music.
He
went
west
40
years
ago
and
his
whereabouts
are
unknown.
He
is
supposed
to
be
dead.
He
was
a
great
singer,
and
a
composer
of
music.
The
following
tunes
are
credited
to
him
in
this
book,
Elder,
Stoockwood,
Doddridge,
Zinderzee,
Save
Lord
or
We
Perish.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
and
was
Secretary
of
it
1865
and
1866.
He
was
also
a
member
of
the
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention
and
for
several
years
Secretary
of
this
Convention.