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RESTORATION,
L.
M.
Baptist
Hymn
Book,
p.
594.
"For
the
husband
is
the
head
of
the
wife,
even
as
Christ
is
the
head
of
the
church:
and
he
is
the
Saviour
of
the
body."
-Eph.
5: 23.
Key
of
F
Major.
Americh
Hall,
1811.
How
many
years
has
man
been
driv'n,
Far
off
from
happiness
and
heav'n;
When
wilt
thou,
gracious
Lord,
restore
Thy
wand'ring
church
to
roam
no
more?
How
many
years
has
man
been
driv'n,
Far
off
from
happiness and
heav'n,
When
wilt
thou,
gracious
Lord,
restore
Thy
wand'ring
church
to
roam
no
more?
Americh
Hall
of
Massachusetts
composed
the
above
tune
1811.
It
has
been
published
in
mauy
of
the
hymn
books
in
the
early
part
of
the
19nh
Century,
See
"Southern
Harmony"
1835
and
1848,
page
5,
by
Walker.
See
sketch
of
Mr.
Hall
under
tune
"Devotion,"
page
48.
S.
M.
Denson
composed
alto
1911,
one
hundred
years
after
the
tune
was
composed.
The
alto
adds
a
great
deal
to
this
tune.
The
words
have
been
greatly
changed
from
the
original
hymn.
GRAVITY.
L.
M.
"If
ye
be
reproached
for
the
name
of
Christ,
happy
are
ye."-1
Peter
4:
14.
Phillip
Doddridge,
1755.
Key
of
A
Major.
O
hap
-
py
day
that
fixed
my
choice
On
thee
my
Sa
-
viour
and
my
God!
Well
may
this
glow
-
ing
heart
re
-
joice,
And
tell
its
rapt-ures
all
a-broad.
O
hap
-
py
day
that
fixed
my
choice
On
thee
my
Sa
-
viour
and
my
God!
Well
may
this
glow-ing
heart
re - joice,
And
tell
its
rapt-ures
all
a-broad.
Phillip
Doddridge,
D.
D.,
was
an
English
Congregationalist.
He
was
born
1702
and
died
1752
of
consumption.
He
was
a
noted
scholar,
and
was
a
Non-con-
formist
as
a
minister.
He
was
for
a
long
time
pastor
of
the
Congregational
church
at
North
Hapmpton,
and
was
a
man
of
great
power
and
influence.
He composed
some
of
the
best
standard
hymns
in
the
English
language.
This
tune
is
in
several
of
the
early
tune
and
song
books
published
in
the
beginning
of
the
19th
Century,
but
none
of
the
books
give
the
author's
name.
It
has
been
in
the
Sacred
Harp
since
1850.