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HEAVENLY

ARMOR.

7s

&

6s.

'Let

not

your

heart

be

troubled,

neither

let

it

be

afraid."-JOHN

14:

27.

JOHN

LELAND,

1835.

Key

of

C

Major.

WM.

WALKER,

1828.

Alto

by

S.

M.

DENSON,

1911.

1. {

And

if

you

meet

with

trou

-

bles

And

tri

-

als

on

the

way,

Then

cast

your

care

on

Je

-

sus,

And

don't

for

-

get

to

pray, }

Gird

on

the

heav'n

-

ly

2. { Through

grace

I

am

de

-

ter

-

mined

To

con

-

quer,

though

I

die;

And

then

a

-

way

to

Je

-

sus

On

wings

of

love

I'll

fly; }

Fare

-

well

to

sin

and

ar - mour

Of

faith,

and

hope,

and

love;

And

when

the

com

-

bats

end

-

ed,

He'll

take

you

up

a

-

bove.

sor

-

row,

I

bid

you

all

a

-

dieu,

Then,

O

my

friends,

prove

faith

-

ful,

And

on

your

way

per

-

sue.

This

tune

was

composed

by

William

Walker

in

1828.

See

"Southern

Harmony,"

by

Walker,

1835,

page

93,

also

1849,

and

"Christian

Harmony"

by

same

author

1867

and

revised

in

1901,

page

238.

William

Walker

was

a

South

Carolinian,

lived

and

died

in

Spartanburg,

S.

C.

He

was

a

fine

musician-composed

the

"Southern

Harmony,"

1835,

revised

1849.

"

Nest

and

Southern

Pocket

Harmonist,"

"Fruits

and

Flowers,"

and

other

books.

John

Leland,

author

of

the

words

was

a

Baptist

Minister,

born

1754,

died

1844.

See

full

history

of

him

under

tune

"Religion

is

a

Fortune,"

page

319.

This

is

a

part

of

the

old

hymn,

"Oh,

when

shall

I

see

Jesus

&c."

See

3rd

and

4th

verses.