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MORGAN.

C.

M.

Continued.

cheer

the

plains

be

-

low,

To

cheer

the

plains

be

-

low;

He

makes

the

grass

the

blessings

down,

To

cheer

the

plains

...

be-low,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

He

makes

the

grass

the

cheer

the

plains

be

-

low,

To

cheer

the

plains

be-low,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountians

crown,

He

cheer

the

plains

be

-

low,

To

cheer

the

plains

be-low,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

And

corn

in

val-leys

grow,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

mountains

crown,

and

corn

in

val-leys

grow,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

And

corn

in

val-leys

grow.

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

He

makes

the

mountains

crown,

And

corn

in

val-leys

grow,

He

makes

the

grass

the

mountains

crown,

He

makes

the

grass

the

The

tune

"Morgan"

is

rather

in

the

nature

of

an

anthem,

yet

it

is

not

claimed

to

be

an

anthem.

Words

were

composed

by

Isaac

Watts,

the

celebrated

hymn

writer

and

minister.

See

further

about

the

words

under

tune

Edom,

page

200

and

201

in

Duffield's

English

Hymns,

page

620.

He

says

this

is

Dr.

Watts

rendering

of

Psalm

147,

7,

8,

13

and

18.

The

Season

of

the

Year.

The

hymn

has

eight

stanzas.