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HOLY
LAND.
C.
M.
(Original.)
"Unto
the
city
of
the
living
God,
the
heavenly
Jerusalem."H.
B.
12:
22.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707,
Key
of
F
Major.
By
R.
F.
M.
MANN,
NOV.
20,
1869.
There
is
a
land
of
pure
delight,Where
saints
immortal
reign;
In-fi-nite
day
excludes
the
night,
And
pleasures
banish
pain,
And
pleasures
banish
pain.
The
above
music
was
composed
by
R.
F.
M.
Mann.
See
history
of
him
in
other
parts
of
this
book.
The
words
are
taken
from
first
verse
of
Watts'
hymn,
"There
is
a Land
of
Pure
Delight."
Title
of
the
hymn
is
"Prospect
of
Heaven
Makes
Death
Easy."
There
are
various
remarks
of
Isaac
Watts
in
the
different
parts
of
this
book.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
tune
"Saints
Delight"
was
taken
from
the
above
page
and
this
hymn
and
"Eden"
inserted
in
1869.
EDEN.
C.
M.
"To
be
spiritually
minded
is
life
and
peace."-ROM.
8:
6.
Key
of
F
Major.
Original,
1820,
by
JOHN
J.
HICKS.
Arr.
by
B.
F.
WHITE,
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
O
land
of
rest!
for
thee
I
sigh;When
will
the
mo-ments
come
When
I
shall
lay
my
arm-or
by
And
dwell
in
peace
at
home?
CHORUS.-O
E
-
den
is
a
land
of
rest,
O
E
-
den
is
my
home;
I'll
launch
my
bark
on
E-den's
shore,For
E
-
den
is
my
home.
This
tune
with
the
tune
of
"Holy
Land"
was
inserted
in
1869.
"Saints
Delight"
removed.
It
was
re-arranged
by.B.
F.
White,
1869.
The
original
was
by
John
J.
Hicks.
This
tune
was
used
a
great
deal
by
Lorenzo
Dow,
Evangelist,
born
in
Connecticut
1777,
died
in
Washington,
D.
C.
1834.
The
favorite
hymn
of
his
wife
Peggie
Dow.
"How
Sweet
to
Reflect
on
the
Joys
that
Await
Me"
was
re-arranged
"by
White
and
the
words
of
W.
S.
Turner's
tune
390
of
this
book
in-
serted.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Mr.
Hicks
composed
a
great
deal
of
music
early
in
the
Nineteenth
Century.