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SCHENECTADY.
L.
M.
"O
sing
unto
the
Lord
a
new
song
:
sing
unto
the
Lord,
all
the
earth."
Ps.
96:1.
Isaac
Watts,
1707.
Key
of
E
Flat
Major.
Psalmist.
926th
Hymn.
Nehemiah
Shumway,
1801.
From
all
that
dwell
below
the
skies,
Let
the
Cre
-
a- tor's
praise
a
-
rise;
Let
the
Redeem-er's
name
be
sung,
Thro' ev'ry
land,
by
ev'-ry
From
all
that
dwell
below
the
skies,
Let
the
Cre
-
a-
tor's
praise
a
-
rise;
Let
the
Re-deemer's
name
be
sung,
Thro'
ev'ry
land,'
by
ev'-ry
tongue.
E
-
ter-nal
are
thy
mercies
Lord,
E
-
ter
-
nal
truth
at-tends
thy
word;
thy
praise
shall
sound
from
tongue.
E
-
ter-nal
are
thy
mer-cies,
Lord,
E
-
ter
-
nal
truth
attends
thy
word;
Thy
tongue.
E
-
ter
-
nal
are
thy
mercies,
Lord,
E
-
ter-nal
truth
attends
thy
word;
Thy
praise
shall
sound
from
shore to
tongue.
E-ter-nal
are
thy
mercies,
Lord,
E
-
ter
-
nal
truth
at
-
tends
thy
word;
Thy
praise
shall
sound
from
shore
to
shore
Til
Nehemiah
Shumway,
author
of
the
above
tune,
of
Philadelphia,
Pa.,
published
1801
"The
American
Harmony,"
having
220
pages,
with
concise
Singer's
Manuel.
A
great
many
of
the
tunes
were
his
own
composition.
The
tune
"Schenectady"
is
considered
one
of
his
best.
He
was
a
fine
leader
and
director
of
music
and
con-
sidered
one
among
the
best
composers
at
that
time.
This
has
been
printed
in
a
number
of
song
books.
See
"Southern
Harmony"
by
Walker
1835
and
in
1848,
page
178.
"Missouri
Harmony"
1827
and
1837,
page
91.
"Social
Harp,"
1855,
by
McCurry,
page
160,
and
"Sacred
Harp,"
White and
King
from
1844
to
1869.
The
same
words
have
been
published
with
this
tune
in
all
the
books.
See
full
history
of
words
in
No.
659
M.
E.
Hymns
South
Tillis,
1889.