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SAINTS'
REQUEST.
C.
M.
Key
of
D
Major.
"For
if
ye
live
after
the
flesh,
ye
shall
die:
but
if
ye
through
the
Spirit
do
mortify
the
deeds
of
the
body,
ye
shall
live."
Rom.
8-13
By
J.
S.
Terry,
1850.
Chorus.
Young
peo-ple
all
at-ten-tion
give,
And
hear
what
I
shall
say;
I
wish
your
souls
with
Christ
to
live,
in
ev-er - last-ing
day.
I
want you to
go
to
that
bright
world,
To
dwell
with
saints
for-ev-er
there.
Young
peo-ple
all
at-ten-tion
give,
And
hear
what
I
shall
say;
I
wish
your
souls
with
Christ
to
live,
in
ev-er
-
last
-
ing
day.;
I
want
you
to
go
to
that
bright
world,
To
dwell
with
saints
for-ev-er
there.
See
history
of
J.
S.
Terry,
author
of
the
above
tune,
under
Esther,
page 437.
The
words
appear
in
Zion
Songster
by
Mason,
1832
page
297,
and
in
Mercers
Cluster
1823,
146,
by
Jesse
Mercer
of
Powelton,
Ga.,
and
later
of
Washington,
Wilks
county,
Ga.
None
of
the
hymn
books
we
have
examined
gives
the
name
of
the
author
of
the
words
to
this
hymn.
MELODY.
C.
M.
Chas.
Wesley,
1763.
"And
they
were
judged
every
man
according
to
their
works."
Rev.
20-13.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Key
of
C
Major.
B.
F.
White,
1850.
1. And
must
I
be
to
judgment
brought,
And
answer
in
that
day
For
ev'
-
ry
vain
and
i
-
die
thought,
And
ev'
-
ry
word
I
say?
2. Yes,
eve
-
ry
se
-
cret
of
my
heart,
Shall
shortly
be
made
known,
And
I
re
-
ceive
my
just
de
-
sert,
For
all
that
I
have
done.
3.
How
care
-ful,
then,
ought
I
to
live,
With
what
re
-
lig
-
ious
fear!
Who
such
a
strict
ac-count
must
give,
For
my
be
-
hav
-
ior
here.
This
tune
was
composed
by
Major
White
about
1850
for
the
first
appendix
to
the
Sacred
Harp
of
White
and
King,
1844;
Alto
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
hymn
was
composed
by
Charles
Wesley
under
the
title
of
"A
thought
and
Judgement."
There
are
five
verses
to
the
hymn,
only
three
of
them
in
the
words
of
this
tune.
See
Various
History
of
White
and
Watts
in
this
book.