Page 259
UXBRIDGE.
L.
M.
"The
heavens
declare
the
glory
of
God;
and
the
firmament
sheweth
his
handywork."
-
Ps.
19: 1.
Dr.
Isaac
Watts,
1719.
Key
of
F
Major.
Lowell
Mason,
1823.
1.
The
heav'ns
declare
thy
glo - ry,
Lord;
In
ev'
-
ry
star
thy
wis-dom
shines;
But
when
our
eyes
behold
thy
word,
We
read
thy
name
in
fair
-
er
lines.
2.
The
rolling
sun,
the
changing
light,
And
nights
and
days
thy
power
con - fess,
But
the
blest
vol-ume
thou
hast
writ
Re-veals
thy
jus-tice
and
thy
grrace.
3.
Sun,
moon,
and
stars
convey
thy
praise,
Round
the
whole
earth,
and
never
stand;
So
when
thy
truth
be
-
gan
its
race,
It
touched
and
glanced
on
ev'-ry
land.
"Uxbridge"
is
one
of
Lowell
Mason's
first
group
of
tunes,
It
is
a
fine
old
church
harmony
and
has
been
in
a
great
many
of
the
hymnals
and
song
books,
but
in
nearly
all
of
them
it
has
been
associated
with
Dr.
Watts'
hymn,
"The
Heavens
Declare
thy
Glory."
We
have
put
in
these
words
in
order
to
get
a
number
of
verses.
The
old
hymn
is
not
obtainable.
There
is
so
much
said
about
Dr.
Mason
it
is
not
necessary
to
repeat
it.
The
hymn
is
one
of
Dr.
Watts'
best.
The
title
of
the
hymn
is
"The
Books
of
Nature
and
Scripture
Compared,"
published
"1719.
LEBANON,
NEW.
L.
M.
"Sinners
invited
to
the
gospel
feast."-Luke
14: 16-24.
Charles
Wesley,
1747.
Key
of
F
Major.
Rev.
Jas.
P.
Carrell,
1850.
Come,
sinners
to
the
gospel
feast,
Let
ev'ry
soul
be
Je-sus' guest,
Ye
need
not
one
be
left
behind,
For
God
hath
bid
-
den
all
man-kind.
Come,
sinners
to
the
gospel
feast,
Let
ev'ry
soul
be
Je-sus,
guest,
Ye
need
not
one
be left
behind,
For
God
hath
bid-den
all
man-kind.
We
have
been
unable
to
obtain
anything
definite
about
Rev.
Jas.
P.
Carrell.
It
is
claimed
by
those
who
knew
him
that
he
once
lived
in
Carroll
County,
Ga.,
and
belonged
to
the
Chattahoochee
and
Southern
Musical
Conventions,
but
what
finally
became
of
him
we
have
up
to
this
writing
failed
to
find.
He
composed
the
above
tune,
Lebanon,
New"
and
"New
Port."
See
page
294.
The
hymn
was
composed
by
Charles
Wesley,
first
published
1747.
It
has
five
verses
and
is
considered
a
splendid
hymn.
See
numerous
sketches
of
Charles
Wesley.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.