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INVITATION.
C.
M.
"We
will
serve
the
Lord."-JOSH.
24:
15.
EDMOND
JONES,
1750.
Key
of
E
Minor.
OLIVER
BRONSON,
1783.
1.
Come,
hum-ble
sin
-
ner,
in
whose
breast
A
thou-sand
thoughts
revolve,
Come,
with
your
guilt
and
fear
oppressed,And
make
this
last
re-solve,
And
2.
I'll
go
to
Je
-
sus,
though
my
sin
Hath
like
a
moun-tain
rose;
I
know
His
courts,
I'll
en
-
ter
in,
What-ev
-
er
may
op
-
pose,
What-
make
this
last
re-solve,
Come,
with
your
guilt
and
fear
op-pressed,
And
make
this
last
re
-
solve,
And
make
this
last
re
-
solve:-
ev
-
er
may
op-pose,
I
know
His
courts,
I'll
en
-
ter
in,
What-ev
-
er
may
op
-
pose,
What-ev
-
er
may
op
-
pose.
Edmond
Jones
was
an
English
Baptist
minister,
born
in
1721,
and
died
in
1765.
He
composed
several
important
hymns,
one
of
his
best
is
the
above
named.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
Oliver
Bronson,
sometimes
called
Brunson.
He
composed
a
book
entitled
"
Select
Tunes
and
Anthems."
Among
those
that
he
published
is
"Invitation,"
"Jerusalem,"
and
"Virginia,"
and
many
other
tunes,
since
1780.
He
taught
music
in
various
parts
of
New
England,
and
composed
some
select
music
in
addition
to
the
above-named.
He
composed
a
book
called
"Select
Harmony."
See
encyclopedia
of
John
W.
Moore.