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FAIRFIELD.
C.
M.
"And
so
I
will
go
in
unto
the
king,
.
.
.
and
if
I
perish,
I
perish.
When
the
king
saw
Esther
the
queen
standing
in
the
court,
that
she
obtained
favor
in
his
sight;
and
the
king
held
out
to
Esther
the
golden
sceptre
that
was
in
his
hand."-ESTHER
4:
16;
5:2.
EDMUND
JONES,
1750.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Hitchcock.
1.
Come,humble
sinner,
in
whose
breast
A
thousand
thoughts
revolve,
Come,
with
your
guilt
and
fear
oppressed,
And
make
this
last
resolve,
Come,with
your
guilt
and
fear
oppressed,
And
make
this
last
resolve,
solve.
2.
I'll
go
to
Jesus,
though
my
sin
hath
like
a
mountain
rose;
I
know
his
courts,
I'll
enter
in,
What
ever
may
oppose,
I
know
his
courts
I'll
enter
in,
Whatever
may
oppose,
pose.
3.
I
can
but
perish
if
I
go,
I
am
resolved
to
try,
For
if
I
stay
away
I
know
I
must
forever
die,
For
if
I
stay
away
I
know
I
must
forever
die.
die.
"Fairfield"
is
in
most
of
the
earlier
publications
of
this
country.
In
Andrew
Law's
books,
Oliver
Holden's
works,
"Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
page
43;
"
Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
page
48,
and
in
1849;
"Temple
Harp,"
1872,
and
earlier
books;
Little
&
Smith's
publications
of
1830,
as
well
as
many
others
of
the
earlier
editions
of
the
earlier
composers.
Edmund
Jones
was
an
English
Baptist
minister,
born
in
1721
and
died
in
1765.
He
composed
several
important
hymns,
one
of
his
best
is
the
above.
Nothing
is
known
of
the
author
of
the
music.
After
a
search
through
many
books
we
fail
to
find
the
author's
name.
It
is
one
of
the
old
church
tunes.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.
TRIBULATION.
C.
M.
WATTS.
Hymn
55,
Book
2.
Key
of
D
Minor.
"Boast
not
of
tomorrow"
Pro.
27-1.
F.
F.
CHOPIN.
1.
Death,
'tis
a
mel-an-chol
-
y
day
To
those
who
have
no
God,
When
the
poor
soul
is
forced
a
-
way,
To
seek
her
last
a
-
bode.
2.
In
vain
to
heav'n
she
lifts
her
eyes,
For
guilt,
a
heav - y
chain,
Still
drags
her
downward
from
the
skies
To
dark
-
ness
fire,
and
pain.
Chopin
was
born
in
18
10 and
died
in
1849.
He
was
one
of
the
great
masters
of
music.
His
last
words
were
said
to
his
attending
physician,
"
Now
my
death
struggle
begins."
He
remained
conscious
to
the
last,
and
added,
"
God
shows
man
rare
favor
when
He
reveals
to
him
the
moment
of
the
approach
of
his
death.
This
He
shows
to
me.
Do
not
disturb
me."