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ROCHESTER.
C.
M.
"And
they
sing
the
song
of
Moses
the
servant
of
God,
and
the
song
of
the
Lamb,"-REV.
15:3.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707.
Key
of
A
Major.
1.
Come,let
us
join
our
cheerful
songs
With
an
-
gels
round
the
throne;
Ten
thousand
thousand
are
their
tongues,
But
all
their
joys
are
one.
2.
"Worthy
the
Lamb
that
died,"
they
cry,
"Wor-thy
the
Lamb,"
our
lips
re
-
ply,
Heav'n
and
earth
shall
pass
a-way:
"For
He
was
slain
for
us."
3. The
whole
cre-a
-
tion
joins
in
one
To
bless
the
sa-cred
name
Of
Him
who
sits
up
-
on
the
throne,
And
to
a - dore the
Lamb.
4.
Let
all
that
dwell
a
-
bove
the
sky,
And
air
and
earth
and
seas,
Conspire
to
lift
Thy
glor-ies
high.
And
speak
Thy
end-less
praise.
The
words
of
this
hymn
were
first
published
in
the
author's
"
Hymn
Book
and
Spiritual
Songs,"
1707,
the
original
title
being
"
Christ
Jesus,
the
Lamb
of
God,
Worshiped
by
all
Creation."
Changes
in
some
of
the
verses
have
been
made.
See
remarks
in
reference
to
Dr.
Watts
on
first
page
of
this
publication.
This
tune
appears
in
many
of
the
earliear
publications
of
American
composers.
See
William
Billings,
Andrew
Law,
Lowell
Mason,
"
Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
and
earlier
editions;
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835
and
1849;
"Christian
Harmony,"
1866,
and
later
books.
PROSPECT.
L.
M.
"
Blessed
is
the
dead
who
die
in
the
Lord."-REV.
14:
13.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1707.
Key
of
C
Major.
GRAHAM.
1.
Why
should
we
start
and
fear
to
die?
What tim'rous
worms
we
mortals
are!
Death
is
the
gate
to
end-less
joy,
And
yet
we
dread
to
en
-
ter
there.
2.
The
pains,
the
groans,
the
dying
strife,
Fright
our
approaching
souls
away;
And
we
shrink
back
a
-
gain
to
life,
Fond
of
our
pris-on
and
our
clay.
3.
O
if
my
Lord
would
come
and
meet,
My
soul
would
stretch
her
wings
in
haste,
Fly
fearless
through
death's
iron
gate,
Nor
feel
the
terrors
as
she
passed.
4.
Je
-
sus
can
make
a
dy-ing
bed
Feel
soft
as
down-y
pil-lows are,
While
on
His
breast
I
lean
my
head,
And
breathe
my
life
out
sweetly
there.
The
original
title
to
this
hymn
was
"
Christ's
Presence
Makes
Death
Easy."
Full
sketch
of
Dr.
Watts
is
given
in
other
parts
of
this
book.
He
was
born
in
1674
and
died
in
1748.
He
was
one
of
the
greatest
ministers
in
the
world.
"Prospect"
is
one
of
the
older
melodies.
It
appears
in
"
Southern
Harmony,"
by
Walker,
page
92,
in
1835;
also
"Christian
Harmony,"
and
many
other
books.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S. James.