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THE
CHRISTIAN'S
HOPE.
8,
8,
8,
6,
8,
8,
8,
6.
"
For
we
are
saved
by
hope;
but
hope
that
is
seen
is
no
hope."-ROM.
8:
24.
Key
of
A
Major.
WILLIAM
WALKER,
about
1832.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1.
A
few
more
days
on
earth
to
spend,....
And
all
my
toils
and
cares
shall
end,
And
I
shall
see
my
God
and
friend,
And
praise
his
name
on
high.
2.
Then,
O
my
soul,
despond
no
more:....
The
storm
of
life
will
soon
be
o'er,
And
I
shall
find
the
peaceful
shore
Of
ev
-
er-last
-
ing
rest.
3.
To
earth-ly
cares
I
bid
fare-well,...
And
triumph
o-ver
death
and
hell,
And
go
where
saints
and
angels
dwell,
To
praise
th'Eternal
Three.
No
more
to
sigh
or
shed
a
tear,
No
more
to
suf-fer
pain
or
fear;
But
God,
and
Christ,
and
heav'n
appear
Un
-
to
the
raptured
eyes.
O hap
-
py
day!
O
joy-ful
hour!
When,
freed
from
earth,
my
soul
shall
tow'r
Beyond
the
reach
of
Satan's
pow'r,
To
be
for
-
ev
-
er
blest.
I'll
join
with
those
who've
gone
before,
Who
sing
and
shout,
their
suff'rings
o'er,
Where
pain
and
parting
are
no
more,
To
all
e
-
ter
-
ni
-
ty.
The
above
tune
is
one
of
the
songs
composed
by
William
Walker
for
the
"Southern
Harmony."
It
appears
with
all
the
words
on
page
74
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835
and
in
1849,
and
also
page
327
"Christian
Harmony,"
by
same
author
in
1866
and
in
1901.
The
words
were
originally
taken
from
a
hymn
book
called
"Dover's
Selections,"
page
173.
Its
author
can
not
be
found.
It
was
published
early
in
the
19th
century.
Alto
was
added
to
this
tune
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
See
history
of
William
Walker
on
page
129.