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BANQUET
OF
MERCY,
11s.
"We
rejoice
by
faith
in
hope
of
the
glory
of
God."
Rom.
5:2.
Key
of
F
Major,
T.
W.
Carter,
1844,
1. Mid
scenes
of
con-fus-ion
and
crea-ture
complaints,
How
sweet
to
my
soul
is
com-mun-ion
with
saints;
To
find
at
the
banquet
of
mer-cy
there's
room,
2. Sweet
bonds,
that
u-nite
all
the
chil-dren
of
peace!
And
thrice
precious
Jesus,
whose
love
cannot
cease!
Though
oft
from
thy
presence
in
sadness
I
roam,
And
feel
in
the
presence
of
Je-sus
at
home.
Home,
sweet
home;
Prepare
me,
dear
Saviour,
for
glo-ry,
my
home.
I ong
to
be-hold
thee
in
glo-ry,
at
home.
Home,
sweet
home;
Prepare
me.
dear
Saviour,
for
glo-ry,
my
home.
But
little
is
known
of
Professor
Thomas
W.
Carter
outside
of
the
music
credited
to
him
in
the
"Sacred
Harp."
Ecstasy"
is
supposed
to
have
been
composed
by
him
some
time
before
the
first
revision
of
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
in
1844
or
1845.
He
is
credited
in
that
song
book
of
composing
"Augusta,"
"Florence,"
"Exhilaration,"
"Banquet
of
Music,"
"The
Old
Ship
of
Zion,"
"Little
Children,"
and
he
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
from
the
time
of
its
organi-
zation
until
after
the
war,
and
was
also
a
member
of
the
Chattahoochee
Musical
Convention
from
the
time
it
was
formed
until
after
the
war.
We
have
been
unable
to
learn
the
place
of
his
birth
or
death,
or
secure
a
sketch
of
his
life.
See
history
of
words
under
tune
Sweet
Home,
page
161.