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STRATFIELD.
L.
M.
"Heaven
is
my
throne,
and
earth
is
my
footstool,
what
house
will
ye
build
me?
saith
the
Lord,
or
what
is
the
place
of
my
rest?"-ACT
7:
49.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707.
Key
of
F
sharp
Minor.
Psalmist
1073d
Hymn.
Through
ev
-'ry
age,
e
-
ter
-
nal
God,Thou
art
our
rest,
our
safe
a
-
bode;
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,Or
Through
ev
-'ry
age,
e
-
ter
-
nal
God,Thou
art
our
rest,
our
safe
a
-
bode;
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,Or
Through
ev
-'ry
age,
e
-
ter
-
nal
God,Thou
art
our
rest,
our
safe
a
-
bode;
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,
Or
Through
ev
-'ry
age,
e
-
ter
-
nal
God,Thou
art
our
rest,
our
safe
a
-
bode;High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,
Or
earth
thy
humble
earth
thy
humble
footstool
laid,
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,
Or
earth
thy
hum-ble
foot-stool
laid.
earth
thy
humble
foot
-
stool
laid, High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,Or
earth
thy
humble
footstool
laid,
Or
earth
thy
hum-ble
footstool
laid.
earth
thy
homble
foot
-
stool
laid,
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,Or
earth
thy
humble
footstool
laid.
foot
...
stool
laid.
High
was
thy
throne
ere
heav'n
was
made,
Or
earth
thy
hum-ble
foot-stool
laid.
"Strafield"
is
one
among
the
old
time
minor
melodies.
In
all
the
books
in
which
it
appears
it
has
the
same
words.
The
tune
was
printed
in
the
"Missouri
Harmony,"
1837
and
1827,
page
94.
It
is
believed
to
be
an
English
tune
or
composed
in
the
early
settlement
of
this
country.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
author
of
the
music.
The
title
of
the
hymn
is
"God's
Eternity
and
Man's
Frailty."
The
words
have
been
printed
in
the
"Missouri
Harmony"
and
the
"Sacred
Harp"
as
being
in
common
meter.
This
is
an
error,
which
we
have
corrected.
It
is
set
to
long
meter
and
cannot
be
sung
to
common
meter,
tune
or
verses.
There
are
five
verses
in
the
hymn,
each
of
them
is
very
fine.
See
page
565
of
Psalmist,
Hymn
No.
1073.