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WARNERVILLE.
S.
M.
"For
if,
when
we
were
enemies,
we
were
rec
oiled
to
God
by
the
death of
his
Son."
Rom.
5-10.
Mr.
Dana
Shindler,
1840.
Koy
of
F
Major.
Arranged
by
I.
M.
Shell.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
When
the
last
moment
comes,
O
watch
my
dy-ing
face,
And
catch
the
bright,
se-raph-ic
gleam
Which
on
each
fea-ture plays. Which
on
each
feature
plays.
Then
to
my
rav-ish'd
ear
Let
one
sweet
song
be-gin,
Let
mu-sic
charm
me
last
on
earth,
And
greet
me
first
in
heav-en,
And
greet
me
first
in
heaven.
Mrs.
Mary
Stanley
Bunce
Dana
was
born
in
Beaufort,
S.
C.,
1810,
and
died
in
Texas,
1883.
Her
husband
died
while
they
were
on
a
visit
to
the
Northern
States.
She
first
married
Mr.
Dana,
and
afterwads
became
Mrs.
Shindler.
She
wrote
several
hymns
besides
the
above,
and
among
them
she
wrote,
on
the
death
of
her
hus-
band,
"I
am
a
ilgrim
and
a
Stranger."
The
hymn
written
in
1840
was
on
account
of
the
death
of
a
pious
friend
of
hers.
She
was
a
great
and
good
woman.
The
words
to
this
hymn
are
the
3rd
and
4th
stanzas
to
the
hymn
to
tune
"Sing
to
me
of
heaven."
See
page
312.
I.
M.
Shell,
author
of
the
above
tune,
"Joined
the
Methodist
Church
when
a boy.
Was
born
in
South
Carolina
in
1826,
and
moved
to
Georgia
one
year
later.
Never
attended
school
except
17
day.
He
was
quick
of
perception.
His
first
music
books
he
studied
were
the
Mosouri
Harmony
and
Sacred
Harp
in
1844-
He
had
a
large
collec-
tion
of
words
on
music,
but
they
were
destroyed
by
fire.
He
taught
singing
schools
from
1847
to
1879
in
many
counties
in
Georgia
and
Alabama.
He
has
been
presi-
dent
several
times
of
the
Southern
Chattahoochee
Convention.
He
died
three
years
since.
See
full
sketch
of
him
in
James'
History
of
the Sacred
Harp,
page
100
to
103.
ST.
THOMAS.
S.
M.
"Sing
unto
the
Lord,
bless
his
name;
show
forth
his
salvation
from
day
to
day."
Ps.
95-2.
Isaac
Watts,
1707.
Key
of
A
Major.
William
Towser,
1768.
Come
sound
his
praise
a
-
broad,
And
hymns
of
glo
-
ry
sing,
Je-ho-vah
is
the
sovereign
Lord,
the
u
-
ni
-
ver
-
sal
King.