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RAGAN.
L.
M.
"Precious
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
is
the
death
of
his
saints."-Ps.
116:15
Key
of
F
Major.
Arr.
by
W.
F.
Moore,
Oct.
12,
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Fare - well,
vain
world,
I'm
going home;
I
belong
to
this
band,
Halle-
lu
-jah.
My
Sa
-
viour
smiles
and
bids
me
come;
I
belong
to
this
band,
Hallelujah.
}
Halle-lu
-
jah,
hal-le-lu
-
jah,
I
be-long
to
this
band,
hal-le
-
lu
-
jah.
Sweet
angels
beckon
me
a
-
way,
I
belong
to
this
band,
hal-le
-
lu
-
jah.
To
sing
God's
praise
in
end
-
less
day;
I
belong
to
this
band,
hallelujah.
}
Halle
-
lu
-
jah,
halle
-
lu
-
jah,
I
belong
to
this
band,
hal
-
le
-
lu-jah.
AUTHOR'S
NOTE-I
learned
the
Air
of
the
above
piece
of
music
from
the
Rev.
R.
G.
Ragan,
of
Davisville,
Ala.
See
history
of
W.
F.
Moore
under
tune
"The
Christian's
Flight,"
page
476,
He
was
a
fine
singer,
leader
and
director
of
music.
Rev.
R.
G.
Ragan
of
Davisville,
Ala.,
was
a
Methodist
minister,
and
it
is
claimed
he
was
a
good
Christian
man
and
very
fond
of
music.
The
writer
has
conferred
with
persons
who
have
heard
him
preach.
He
has
long
since
gone
to
the
Beyond-died
at
Oxford,
Ala.
He
was
a
fine
Literary
teacher.
The
above
tune
was
named
by
Prof.
Moore
in
honor
of
Ragan
at
the
time
it
was
composed.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
author
of
these
words.
See
page
278.
The
chorus
was
changed
in
the
tune
Ragan
and
ap-
plied
to
the
tune
by
Moore.
One
other
verse
has
been
added
and
alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
"Goodly
Land"
first
was
on
this
page.
It
was
removed
1869
and
"Ragan"
and
"Good
Physician"
inserted.
THE
GOOD
PHYSICIAN.
A
Revival
Song.
"Jesus
said
unto
them,
They
that
are
whole
need
not
a
physician;
but
they
that
are
sick."mdash;Mark
2:17.
John
Newton,
1789.
Adagio.
Key
of
F ♯
Minor.
Da
Capo
for
Chorus.
By
Eld.
E.
Dumas,
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
How
lose
was
my
con
-
di
-
tion,
Till
Je
-
sus
made
me
whole;
There
is
but
one
phy
-
sician
Can
cure
a
sin
-
sick
soul.
2
Next
door
to
death
he
found
me,
And
snatch'd
me
from
the
grave;
To
tell
to
all
a
-
round
me
His
wondrous
pow'r
to
save.
3
The
worst
of
all
dis
-
eas
-
es
Is
light
com
-
pared
with
sin;
On
ev'
-
ry
part
it
sei-zes,
But
ra
-
ges
most
with
-
in.
CHORUS-Poor
sin-
ners,
come
to
Je
-
sus,
Oh,
come
with
-
out
de
-
lay,
For
Je
-
sus
is
in
-
viting,
Oh,
come,
oh
come
to
-
day.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
Eld.
E.
Dumas,
a
Primitive
Baptist
minister.
It
was
inserted
on
this
page
in
place
of
"The
Goodly
Land"
by
the
revisors
of
The
Sacred
Harp
in
the
year
1869.
Mr.
Dumas
helped
to
revise
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1869.
See
Report
of
Committee
on
Revision
on
page
430.
The
words
were
applied
to
the
tune
by
Mr.
Dumas
at
the
time
the
tune
was
composed.
See
other sketches
of
him
following
tunes.