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BALERMA.
C.
M.
"I
have
caused
thee
to
see
it
with
thine
eyes,
Deut.
34:4.
Isaac
Watts,
1709.
Key
of
B
Flat
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Robert
Simpson,
1800.
Re-arranged
by
B.
F.
White,
1858
1. There
is
a
land
of
pure
de-light,
Where
saints
im-mor
-
tal
reign;
In
-
fi
-
nite
day
ex-cludes
the
night,
And
pleas-ures
ban
-
ish
pain.
2. There
ev
-er
-last
-
ing
spring
a-bides,
And
nev
-
er
fad
-
ing
flow
-
ers:
Death,
like
a
nar-row
sea,
di
-
vides
That
heavenly
land
from
ours.
3. Sweet
fields
be-yond
the
swell-ing
flood,
Stands
dress-ed
in
liv - ing
green;
So
to
the
Jews
old
Ca-naan
stood.
While
Jordan
rolled
be-tween.
4. Could
we
but
climb
were
Moses
stood,
And
view
the
lands-cape
o'er.
Not
Jordand's
stream
nor
death's
cold
flood,
Should
fright
us
from
the
shore.
The
original
title
to
this
hymn
was
"Prospect
of
Heaven
Makes
Death
Easy."
It
was
written
by
the
author
at
his
home
in
Southampton,
while
sitting
at
a
parlor
window,
looking
over
the
waters
and
beautiful
scenery.
This
hymn
suggests
the
leading
of
the
children
of
Israel
to
the
banks
of
the
stream
which
separated
them
from
the
promised
land,
that
God
had
long
before
promised
to
the
childeren
of
Israel.
The
crossing
of
the
river
has
ever
been
an
image
of
the
glorious
home
of
the
good
in
heaven.
Robert
Simpson
was
born
in
1792
and
died
in
1832.
He
was
a
Scotchman,
and
composed
a
great
many
valuable
tunes.
ORTONVILLE.
P.
M.
"Thy
name
is
and
ointment
pouring
forth."
S.
Solomon,
1-3.
John
Newton,
1779.
Key
of
B,
Flat
Major.
Thos.
Hastings,
1830.
Rearranged
by
B.
F.
White,
1858.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson.
1. How
sweet
the
name
of
Je-sus
sounds,
In
a
be-liev-er's
ear,
It
soothes
his
sor-rows,
heals
his
wounds,
And
drives
away
his
fears,
Ann
drives
away
his
fears.
2. It
makes
the
wounded
spir-it
whole,
And
calms
the
troubled
breast;
'Tis
manna
to
the
hungry
soul,
And
to
the
wear-y
rest.
And
to
the
wear
-
y
rest.
3.
Dear
name!
the
rock
on
which
I
build,
My
shield
and
hid-ing
place.
My
never
failing
treasury
filled,
With
boundless
stores
of
grace,
With
boundless
stores
of
grace.
Rev.
Lewis
F.
Benson,
D.
D.
from
107
hymn
books
of
30.000
hymns,
he
only
found
32
of
the
standard
hymns
in
these
books
appearing
in
80
per
cent.
of
them.
The
hymn
stands
No.
11
of
the
32.
John
Newton
was
one
of
the
best
hymn
writers
of
his
day.
Thomas
Hastings,
Mus.
Doc.
was
born
in
Conn.
1787.
Issued
his
first
mssic
1816,
moved
to
New
York
1832,
where
he
published
a
number
of
music
books.
He
died
1872.