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ELYSIAN.
7,
6,
7,
6,
7,
7, 7,
7.
"There
was
a
rainbow
round
about
the
throne,
in
sight
like
unto
an
emerald."-REV.
4:
3.
Key
of
G
Major.
Baptist
Harmony,
p.
471.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1. {
Burst,
ye
em
-
erald
gates,
and
bring
To
my
rap
-
tured
vis
-
ion
All
th'e
-
stat
-
ic
joys
that
spring
Round
the
bright
e
-
ly
-
sian. }
Lo,
we
lift
our
long
-
ing
2. {
Floods
of
ev
-
er
-
last
-
ing
light
Free
-
ly
flash
be
-
fore
him;
My
-
riads,
with
su
-
preme
de
-
light,
In
-
stant
-
ly
a
-
dore
him. }
An
-
gel
trumps
re
-
sound
his
3. {
Four
-
and
-
twen
-
ty
el
-
ders
rise
From
their
prince
-
ly
sta
-
tion:
Shout
his
glo
-
rious
vic
-
to
-
ries,
Sing
the
great
sal
-
va
-
tion; }
Cast
their
crowns
be
-
fore
his
eyes,
Burst,
ye
in
-
ter
-
ven
-
ing
skies,
Sun
of
right
-
eous
-
ness
a
-
rise,
Ope
the
gates
of
par
-
a
-
dise.
fame,
Lutes
of
lu
-
cid
gold
pro
-
claim
All
the
mu
-
sic
of
his
name,
Heav'n
ech
-
o
-
ing
with
the
theme.
throne,
Cry
in
rev
-
e
-
ren
-
tial
tone,
"Glo
-
ry
give
to
God
a
-
lone,
Ho
-
ly,
ho
-
ly,
ho
-
ly
One!"
"Elysian"
was
published
in
the
"Southern
Harmony"
by
William
Walker
in
1835
and
in
1849,
page
100,
and
in
earlier
books
in
the
19th
century.
None
of
these
song
books
give
the
author
of
the
music.
See
"Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
and
earlier
editions
by
Allen
D.
Carden,
supplement
1827
and
1837.
The
hymn
is
taken
from
"Zion
Songster,"
page
93,
by
Thomas
Mason,
7th
edition,
1832.
This
book
has
on
the
fly leaf
a
picture
of
a
camp
meeting,
"View
of
Haverstraw
Camp
Meeting,
September
1830.
Engraved
for
Rev.
T.
Mason's
Zion
Songster."
The
author
of
the
hymn
is
not
given
in
any
of
the
hymn
or
song
books
we
have
examined.