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CAMBRIDGE.
C.
M.
Dr.
John
Randall,
1790
"Draw
nigh
to
God
and
he
will
draw
nigh
to
you.
Cleanse
your
hands,
ye
sinners;
and
purify
your
hearts,
ye
doubleminded."
Key
of
C
Major.
James
4:8.
1.
The
Lord
will
hap
-
pi-
ness
di
-
vine
On
con
-
trite
hearts
be
-
slow;
Then
tell
me
gra
-
cious
2.
I
hear
but
seem
to
hear
in
vain,
In
-
sen
-
si
-
ble
as
steel;
If
aught
is
felt,
'tis
3. I
some
-
times
think
my
self
in
clined
To
love
thee,
if
I
could;
but
oft
-
en
feel
an-
4. My
best
de
-
sires
are
faint
and
few,
I
fain
would
strive
for
more;
But,
when
I
cry-"
My
5. Thy
saints
are
com
-
fort
-
ed,
I
know,
and
love
thy
house
of
prayer;
I
some
times
go
where
God
is
mine
a
con
-
trite
heart,
or
no?
A
con
-
trite
heart,
or
no,
A
con
-
trite
heart,
or
no?
on
-
ly
pain
To
find
I
can
-
not
feel.
To
find
I
can
-
not
feel.
To
find
I
can
not
feel.
oth
-
er
mind
A
-
verse
to
all
that's
good.
A
-
verse
to
all
that's
good.
A
-
verse
to
all
that's
good.
strength
re
-
new,"
Seem
weak
-
er
than
be
-
fore.
Seem
weak
er
than
be-
-
fore.
Seems
weak-er
than
be
-
fore.
oth
-
ers
go,
But
find
no
com
-
fort
there.
oth
-
ers
go,
But
find
no
com
-
fort
there,
com-
fort
there.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
about
Dr.
John
Randall,
the
author
of
the
above
music,
although
it
is
one
of
the
standard
tunes,
and
is
placed
on
page
14
in
the
"National
Hymn
Book
of
the
American
Churches,"
by
Robt.
Ellis
Thompson,
S
T.
D.
It
is
over
one
hundred
years
old,
and
has
very
fine
chords.
The
tune
and
words
which
appear
in
the
Presbyterian
Psalmist
are
one
hundred
years
old.
The
first
edition,
page
174,
and
hymn
in
Loyd's
Hymn
Book,
page
392
of
the
Revised
Edition
before
us.
None
of
these
books
give
the
author
of
the
hymn.
The
tune
Cambridge
is
in
many
of
the
song
books.
See
also
National
Hymn
Book,
page
14;
the
tune
is
set
to
a
different
hymn.