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Continued.
SMYRNA
C.
M.
"The
spirit
itself
beareth
witness
with
our
spirit,
that
we
are
the
childrsn
of
God."—Rom.8:
16.
Key
of
A
Major.
Oliver
Holder,
1793.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911
1.
Why
should
the
children
of
a
king
Go
mourning
all
their
days.
Great
comforter,
descend,
and
bring
The
tokens
of
thy
grace.
Great
comforter,
descend,
and
bring
the
2.
Dost
thou
not
dwell
in
all
thy
saints,
And
seal
the
heirs
of
heav'n?
When
wilt
thou
banish
my
complaints,
And
show
my
sinsforgiv'n,
When
wilt
thou
banish
my
com
And
bear
thy
witness
with
my
heart,
That
I
am
born
of
God.
(plaints
and
Great
comforter,
descend,
and
bring
The
tokens
of
thy
grace.
Great
comforter
descend
and
bring
the
When
wilt
thou
banish
my
complaints,
And
show
my
sins
forgivn?
When
wilt
thou
banish
my
complaints,
and
3,
Assure
my
conscience
of
her
part
In
the
Redeemers
blood;
And
bear
thy
witness
with
my
heart,
That
I
am
born
of
God.
And
bear
thy
witness
with
my
heart
that
to-kens
of
thy
grace.
Why
should
the
children
of
a
King
Go
morning
all
their
days?
Great
comfortor,
descend,
and
bring
The
to
-
-
kens
of
thy
grace,
show
my
sins
forgiv'n?
Dost
thou
not
dwell
in
all
thy
saints,
And
seal
the
heirs
of
heav'n?
When
wilt
thou
banish
my
complaints,
And
show
my
.....
sins
forgiv'n?
I
am
born
of
God.
Assure
my
conscience
of
her
part
In
the
Re-deem-ers
blood;
And
bear
thy
witness
with
my
heart,
That
I
.....
am
born
of
God.
Smyrna
is
one
of
the
early
tunes
of
America
composed
by
Oliver
Holden.
See
full
sketch
of
him
under
tunes
Corination
and
Concord,
pages
63
and
313
It
was
first
published
in
Holdens
American
Harmony
in
1793,
See
Wyths
Repository
of
Sacred
Music
page
24,
1810.
Oliver
Holden
composed
the
following
song
books
American
Harmony
1793.
Union
Harmony
1795.
The
Mass
Compiler
1797.
The
Worchester
of
Sacred
Music
1800.
He
mads
six
editions
of
this
last
book.
See
many
sketches
of
Rev.
Isaac
Watts
in
this
volume.