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NORTHFIELD.
C.
M.
"I say
unto
you,
hereafter
ye
shall
see
heaven
open."-JOHN
1: 51.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1701.
Key
of
B
Flat.
JEREMIAH
INGALLS,
1804.
1.
How
long,
dear
Sav
-
iour,
O
how
long
Shall
this
bright
hour
de -
lay?
1.
How
long,
dear
Sav
-
iour,
O
how
long
Shall
this
bright
hour
de -
lay?
Fly
1.
How
long,
dear
Sav
-
iour,
O
how
long
Shall
this
bright
hour
de
-
lay?
Fly
swift
a
-
round,
ye
1.
How
long,
dear
Sav
-
iour,
O
how
long
Shall
this
bright
hour
de
-
lay?
Fly
swift
a
-
round,
ye
wheels
of
time,
Fly
Fly
swift
a
-
round,
ye
wheels
of
time,
And
bring
the
prom
-
ised
day.
swift
a
-
round,
ye
wheels
of
time,...............
And
bring
the
prom
-
ised
day.
wheels
of
time,
And
bring
the
prom
-
ised
day,
And
bring
the
prom
-
ised
day.
swift
a
-
round,
ye
wheels
of
time,
And
bring
the
prom
-
ised
day.
2
From
the
third
heaven,
where
God
resides,
That
holy,
happy
place,
The
new
Jerusalem
comes
down,
Adorned
with
shining
grace.
3
The
God
of
glory
down
to
men
Removes
his
blest
abode;
Men,
the
dear
object
of
his
grace,
And
he
the
living
God.
Jeremiah
Ingalls
was
born
in
Massachusetts
1764
and
died
1828.
Between
his
thirtieth
and
fortieth
year
he
composed
a
number
of
tunes.
In
1804
he
publised
a
book,
"Christian
Harmony,"
a
collection
of
his
own
and
other
tunes,
and
among
two
of
his
best
were
"Northfield"
and
"New
Jerusalem."
Both
of
these
tunes
are
set
to
the
same
hymn,
"Lo,
What
a
Glorious
Sight
Appears."
"New
Jerusalem"
set
to
the
first
verse,
and
"Northfield"
to
"How
Long,
Dear
Saviour?"
These
two
great
tunes
and
hymns
have
been
in
most
of
the
choice
selections
since
they
were
composed.
Ingalls
was
self-taught
in
music.
He
taught
for
a
long
time
in
the
States
of
New
Hampshire,
Vermont
and
Massachusetts.
The
origin
of
"Northfield"
is:
During
his
travels
as
a
singing
teacher,
he
stopped
at
a
tavern
in
the
town
of
Northfield
for
dinner.
His
dinner
was
very
slow
coming.
He
kept
thinking,
"how
long?"
He
fell
into
the
rhythm
of
Watts'
sacred
lines
and
the
tune
came
with
it.
He
named
the
tune
"Northfield."
He
also
compiled
several
other
volumes
in
music.
Isaac
Watts
was
among
the
most
numerous
hymn
writers
of
the
English-speaking
people.
He
was
an
English
Congregationalist.
Born
1674
and
died
1747.