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EXHILARATION.
L.
M.
"And
washed
us
from
our
sins
in
his
own
blood."
Rev.
1:5.
Dr.
T.
W.
Carter,
1844.
Key
of
F
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
Oh
!
may
I
worthy
prove
to
see
The
saints
in
full
pros
-
per--i-ty.
Then
my
troubles
will
be
over.
To
see
the
bride,
the
glit'ring
bride,
Close
seat-ed
by
my
Sa-viour's
side.
Then
my
troubles
will
be
over.
}
I
never
shall
forget
the
day
when
Jesus
wash'd
my
2.
I'll
praise
him
while
He
gives
me
breath.
I
hope
to
praise
him
af
-
ter
death,
Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-ver.
I
hope
to
praise
him
when
I
die,
And
shout
sal
-
va-tion
as
I
fly' Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-
ver.
}
3.
I
soon
shall
pass
the
vale
of
death,
And
in
his
arms
resign
my
breath,
Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-ver.
O
then
my
ha-py
soul
shall
tell
My
Je
-sus
has
done
all
things
well,
Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-ver.
}
I
never
shall
forget
the
day
when
Jesus
wash'd
my
4.
Then
shall
I
see
my
blessed
God,
And
praise
Him
in
His
bright
a-bode,
Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-ver.
My
theme
to
all
e
-
ter-ni
-
ty,
Shall
Glo
-ry,
Glo
-
ry,
Glo
-
ry,
be
Then
my
troubles
will
be
o-ver.
}
I
nev-er
shall
forget
the
day
when
Je-sus
wash'd
my
sins
a-way,
And
then
my
trou-bles
will
be
o
-
ver,
Will
be
o
-
ver,
Will
be
o
-
ver,
And
re
-
joic-ing,
And
then
my
troubles
will
be
o
-
ver.
sins
a
-
way,
And
then
my
trou-bles
will
be
o
-
ver,
Will
be
o
-
ver,
Will
be
o
-
ver,
And
re
-
joic-ing,
And
then
my
troubles
will
be
o
-
ver.
sins
a
-
way,
And
then
my
trou-bles
will
be
o
-
ver,
Will
be
o
-
ver,
Wiil
be
o
-
ver,
And
re
-
joic-ing,
And
then
my
troubles
will
be
o
-
ver.
Dr.
T.
W.
Carter,
author
of
the
above
tune
has
a
number
of
tunes
credited
to
him
in
this
volume.
But
little
is
known
of
him
since
the
War
between
the
States.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
from
1846
to
1860.
This
tune
it
is
thought,
was
composed
in
1844.
It
has
been
in
the
"Sacred
Harp
'
from
1844
to
to
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
and
more
words
added
by
ccmpilers
of
this
volume
1911.
The
words
are
printed
in
"Mercer's
Cluster"
214-5
of
1823
and
1835
and
also
a
much
older
hymn
book
than
either
of
the
above,
over
one
hundred
years
old,
now
owned
by
Mrs.
Mattie
Johnson,
of
Flovilla,
Ga.