Page 155
FAMILY
BIBLE.
Concluded,
Bi
-
ble
that
lay
on
the
stand,And
th'
richest
of
books
which
ex-cels
ev
-
ry
oth
-
er,
The
fam
-
i
-
ly
Bi
-
ble
that
lay
on
the
stand.
Bi
-
ble
that
lay
on
the
stand.
Hath
raised
us
from
earth
to
that
rapt-ur
-
ous
dwell-ing
Described
in
the
Bi-ble
that
lay
on
the
stand.
JOYFUL.
C.
M.
"Watch
ye,
stand
fast
in
the
faith,
quit
you
like
men,
be
strong-1
Cor.
16:13.
Isaac
Watts,
1709.
Treble
by
E.
J.
King.
Key
of
B
Flaf
Major.
Rev.
Abraham
Merrell,
about
1844.
B.
F.
White,
1844.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1 Am
I
a
sol-dier
of
the
cross-
a
foll'wer
of
the
lamb
And
shall
I
fear
to
own
his
cause
or
blush
to
speak
his
name?
}
2 Must
I
be
barried
to
tee
skies
On
flow'ry
beds
of
ease?
Weile
others
3 Are
there
no
foes
for
me
to
face?
Must
I
not
stem
the
flood?
Is
this
vile
world
a
fridn
to
grace,
To
help
on
to
to
God?
}
4 Sure
I
must
fight
if
I
would
reign;
Increase
my
courage
Lord:
I'll
bear
the
"Joyful"
was
originally
composed
by
Rev.
Abraham
D.
Merrell.
He
was
born
in
New
Hamshire
1796
and
died in
1878.
He
was
a
Methodist
minister
and
preached
all
over
New
England.
It
is
claimed
that
he
resembled
George
W.
Washington
very
much,
"Joyful"
was
linked
with
Dr.
Hunter's
hymn,
"Death,
With
Thy
Weap-
ons
of
War
Lay
Me
Low."
Major
White
and
E.
J.
King
rearranged
the
tune
in
1844
and
put
in
The
Sacred
Harp
and
fixed
it
for
common
meter,
but
retained
a
part
of
the
original
verse
in
the
chorus.
Prof.
S:
M.
Denson
added
the
alto
1911,
"Joyful"
is
a
fine
tune
when
properly
rendered.