Page 151
PLENARY.
C.
M.
"
Marvel
not
at
this,
for
the
hour
is
coming,
in
the
which
all
that
are
in
the
graves
shall
hear
his
voice."-JOHN
5:
28.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707.
Key
of
G
Major.
A.
CLARK,
1835.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1. Hark!
from
the
tombs
a
dole
-
ful
sound,Mine
ears,at-tend
the
cry;
Ye
liv
-
ing
men,come
view
the
ground
Where
you
must
shortly lie.
2. "Princ
-
es,
this
clay
must
be
your
bed,
In
spite
of
all
your
tow'rs;
The
tall,
the
wise,
the
rever-end
head,Must
lie
as
low
as
ours."
3. Great
God!
is
this
our
cer-tain
doom
?
And
are
we
still
se
-
cure?
Still
walk
-
ing
downward
to
the
tomb,
And
yet
pre-pared
no
more!
Where
you
must
short-ly
lie,
Where
you
must
short-ly
lie.
Ye
liv
-
ing
men,come
view
the
ground
Where
you
must
shortly lie.
Must
lie
so
low
as
ours,
Must
lie
as
low
as
ours,
The
tall,
the
wise,
the
rever-end
head,Must
lie
as
low
as
ours.
And
yet
prepared
no
more!
And
yet
prepared
no
more!
Still
walk
-
ing
downward
to
the
tomb,And
yet
prepared
no
more.
Plenary
is
credited
to
A.
Clark
in
the
"
Sacred
Harp,"
first
in
1844,
and
in
each
Revision
up
to
1869,
and
has
retained
same
page
162
from
the
time
the
book
was
first
compiled
in
1844.
A.
Clark
and
A.
C.
Clark
are
believed
to
be
the
same
person,
and
that
Mr.
Clark
composed
"
Plenary,"
at
least
as
it
has
been
published
in
the
"Sacred
Harp."
See
further
remarks
about
Clark
under
tune
"
Essay,"
page
157.
It
was
published
in
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker
1835
and
1849
page
262,
also
"
Christian
Harmony,"
page
94.
The
words
of
the
hymn
are
taken
from
Isaac
Watts,
"
Hymns
and
Spiritual
Songs,"
Book
2,
1707.
See
other
sketches
of
Isaac
Watts
in
this
book.
Alto
added
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.