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Original sacred harp : containing a superior collection of standard melodies, of odes, anthems, and church music, and hymns of high repute : rudiments, retaining all valuable standard regulations, arr. with all modern up-to-date improvements. , an annotated digital edition

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BALLSTOWN.
L.
M.
"O
Lord
God
of
hosts,
hear
my
prayer."
Ps.
84:8
Isaac
Watts,
1719.
Key
of
F.
Major.
Psalmist,
20th
Hymn.
Great
God,
at-tend,
while
Zi
-
on
sings
the
joy
that
from
thy
presence
springs;
To
spend
one
day
with
Great
God,
at-tend,
while
Zi
-
on
sings
the
joy
that
from
thy
presence
springs: To
Great
God,
at-tend,
while
Zi
-
on
sings
the
joy
that
from-thy
presence
springs;
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth.
Ex-
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth.
Exceeds
a
thousand
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth,
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth.
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thou
-
sand
days
of
mirth.
To
spend
one day
with
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth.
ceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth
days
of
mirth
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth
To
spend
one
day
with
thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth.
This
tune
is
one
of
the
old
melodies.
The
hymn
was
originally
in
"Psalmist
No.
20."
It
was
composed
1719,
title
of
the
hymn
was
"God
and
His
Church
of
Grace
and
Glory.
It
is
based
on
the
last
part
of
the
84th
Psalm.
The
hymn
has
five
stanzas.
The
author
of
the
music
is
unknown,
however
it
is
a
very
old
song,
printed
in
Missouri
Harmony
of
1827
and
1837,
page
79,
and
in
the
"Southern
Harmony"
by
Walker
in
1835,
page
162,
and
in
the
"Social
Harp
by
McGurry"
in
1855.
page
89.