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WHITESTOWN.
L.
M.
"The
good
seed
are
the
children
of
the
kingdom;
but
the
tares
are
the
children
of
the
wicked
one."-MATT.
13:
38.
Key
of
E
Minor.
THOMAS
HOWELL,
1808.
Where
nothing
dwelt
but
beasts
of
prey,
Or
men
as
fierce
and
wild
as
they,
He
bids
th'oppress'd
and
poor
repair,
And
build
them
towns
and
cities
there.
Where
nothing
dwelt
but
beasts
of
prey,
Or
men
as
fierce
and
wild
as
they,
He
bids
th'oppress'd
and
poor
repair,
And
build
them
towns
and
cities
there.
They
They
sow
the
fields,
and
They
sow
the
fields,
and
trees
they
plant,
Their
race
grows
up
from
fruitful
stocks,
Their
wealth
increases
with
their
flocks.
Whose
yearly
fruit
supplies
their
want;
sow
their
fields,
and
trees
they
plant,
Whose
yearly
fruit
supplies
their
want;
Their
race
grows
up
from
fruitful
stocks, Their
wealth
increases
with
their
flocks.
trees
they
plant,
Whose
yearly
fruit
supplies
their
want;.....
This
is
one
of
the
old
melodies
of
the
early
part
of
the
19th
century.
It
was
printed
in
John
Wyeth's
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music,"
1810,
page
39;
in
the
"Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker,
1835,
page
135,
and
in
the
"Missouri
Harmony,"
by
Carden,
1827
and
1837,
page
19.
We
have
no
data
as
to
who
composed
the
words
to
this
tune;
in
the
"Sacred
Harp"
it
is
credited
to
- Ward.
We
are
convinced
that
this
is
a
mistake,
as
the
tune
is
of
much
earlier
date
than
this,
as
referred
to
above
in
"Wyeth's
Song
Book."
He
credits
the
tune
to
- Howell.
On
further
investigation
it
is
believed
that
Thomas
Howell
is
the
author
of
the
above
tune
in
place
of
Ward.
Mr.
Howell
was
born
at
Bristol,
England,
1783,
was
a
celebrated
flutist
and
teacher
of
music.
He
invented
a
new
musical
way
for
teaching
the
degrees
in
the
treble
and
bass
clefs.