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CARMARTHEN.
H.
M.
"Rejoice
in
the
Lord
always
:
and
again
I
say,
Rejoice."
Phil.
4:4.
Key
of
G.
Major.
Wm.
Houser,
about
1837.
1. Rb-joice!
the
Lord
is
King!-Your
Lord
and
King
a
-
dore;
Mor-tals,
give
thanks
and
sing,
And
tri
-
umph
ev
-
er
-
more;
}
Lift
up
your
hearts,
Lift
2.
Je
-
sus.
the
Sa
-
viour,
reigns,
The
God
of
truth
and
love;
When
he
had
purged
our
stains,
He
took
his
seat
a
-
bove:}
3. He
sits
at
God's
right
hand
Till
all
his
foes
sub
-
mit,
And
bow
to
his
com
-
mand,
And
fall
be
-
neath
his
feet:
}
Lift
up
your
hearts,
Lift
4. Re
-
joice
in
glo
-'rous
hope;
Je
-
sus
the
Judge
shall
come,
And
take
his
serv
-
ants
up
To
their
e
-
ter
-
nal
home:}
We
soon
shall
hear the
up your
voice,
Re
-
joice
a
-
gain.
I
say,
re
-
joice,
Re
-
joice!
a
-
I
say,
Re
joice!
up
your
voice,
Re
-
joice!
a
-
gain,
I
say,
re
-
joice!
Re
-
joice
a -
gain,
I
say,
re-joice!
an
-
gels
voice.
The
trump
of
God
shall
sound,
Re
-
joice!
The
trump
of
God
shall
sound,
Re
-
joice
William
Walker
in
his
"Christian
Harmony,"
page
294,
credited
the
fore-going
tune
to
the
"Hesperian
Harp"
composed
by
William
Houser.
He
first
pulished
the
"Hesperian
Harp"
in
1837,
and
finally
completed
it
in
1848.
Mr.
Houser's
book
consisted
of
576
pages,
and
the
author
says
he
had
dilligently
labored
for
twelve
years
in
preparing
the
work
for
publication.
Houser
was
a
Georgian,
but
of
German
decent.
He
resided
for
a
long
time
in
Jefferson
county.
His
book
was
printed
in
four
notes,
fa.
sol,
la.
me.
He
had
a
strong
treaties
in
his
book
in
favor
of
the
use
of
these
sylables,
in
which
he
stated
they
are
fully
adequet,
"To
the
expression
of
every
musical
sound
in
a
scale;"
and
that
four
shapes
the
glorious
patent
notes
of
William
Smith
and
William
Little
are
just
the
thing
indeed.'
The
words
of
this
tune
appear
in
"Mercer's
Cluster,"
page 95,
Presbyterian
Psalmist,"
238,
"Timble
of
Zion,"
171,
and
"Temple
Harp,"
155.