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JUBILEE.
P.
M.
"For
the
grace
of
God
that
bringeth
salvation
hath
appeared
to
all
men."-TITUS
2
:
11.
WILLIAM
COWPER,
about
1779,
Key
of
A
Major.
OLIVER
BRONSON,
1783.
1. { Hark!
the
ju
-
bi
-
lee
is
sounding,
O
the
joy
-
ful
news
is
come;
Free
sal
-
va
-
tion
is
pro-claim-ed
In
and
through
God's
only
Son; }
Now we
have
an
in
-
vi
-
ta
-
tion
To
the
meek
and
low-ly
Lamb.
Glory,
hon-our,
and
sal
-
va-tion;
Christ,
the
Lord,
is
come
to
reign.
2
Come,
dear
friends,
and
don't
neglect
it,
Come
to
Jusus
in
your
prime;
Great
salvation,
don't
reject
it,
O
receive
it,
now's
your
time;
Now
the
Saviour
is
beginning
To
revive
his
work
again.
Glory,
honour,
etc.
3
Now
let
each
one
cease
from
sinning,
Come
and
follow
Christ,
the
way;
We
sha'l
all
receive
a
blessing,
If
from
him
we
do
not
stray;
Golden
moments
we've
neglected,
Yet
the
Lord
invites
again !
Glory,
honour,
etc.
4
Come,
let
us
run
our
race
with
patience,
Looking
unto
Christ
the
Lord,
Who
doth
live
and
reign
for
ever,
With
his
Father
and
our
God;
He
is
worthy
to
be
praised,
He
is
our
exalted
King.
Glory,
honour,
etc.
5
Come,
dear
children,
praise
your
Je
Praise
him,
praise
him
evermore;
[sus,
May
his
great
love
now
constrain
us,
His
great
name
for
to
adore;
O
then
let
us
join
together,
Crowns
of
glory
to
obtain
Glory,
honour,
etc.
"Jubilee"
has
been
printed
in
each
edition
of
the
"Sacred
Harp"
from
1844
to
1869.
Also
printed
in
"Social
Harp,"
by
McCurry,
1855,
page
32,
"Christian
Harmony,"
1866,
page
257,
and
in
the
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
page
118;
also
in
the
"Missouri
Harmony,"
1837.
The
words
are
taken
from
Zin
Songster,"
7th
edition,
of
1832,
by
Mason,
but
are
supposed
to
have
been
composed,
1779,
by
William
Cowper.
See
his
history,
page
27.
See
further
remarks
about
Bronson
under
tune
"Virginia,"
page
191.