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MORNING
MEDITATION.
7s.
"Watch
therefore,
for
ye
know
neither
the
day
nor
the
hour
wherein
the
Son
of
man
cometh."-Matt.
25:
13.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Miss
S.
G.
Jones,
1850.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
Though
the
morn
may
be
se
-
rene,-Not
a
threat'ning
cloud
be
seen,
Tem
-
pests
sud
-
den
.
ly
may
Who
can
un
-
der
-
take
to
say
'Twill
be
pleas
-
ant
all
the
day?
}
2
Tried
be
-
liev
-
ers
too
can
say,
In
the
course
of
one
short
day,
Sin
and
Sa
-
tan
long
e'er
Though
the
morn
-
ing
has
been
fair,
Prov'd
a
gold
-
en
hour
of
pray'r,
}
3
Dear
-
est
Sa- -
viour,
call
us
soon,
To
thine
high
e
-
ter
nal
noon,
Sa
-
tan
shall
no
more
de -
Nev
-
er
there
shall
tern
-
post
rise,
To
con
-
ceal
thee
from
our
eyes,
}
rise,
Light'nings
flash
and
thun
-
ders
roar,
Dark
-
ness
o
-
ver
-
spread
the
skies
E'er
a
short
-
lived
day
be
o'er.
night,
Have
their
com
-
forts
put
to
flight;
Ah,
what
heart
-
felt
peace
and
joy
Un
-
ex
-
pect
-
ed
storms
de
-
stroy.
ceive,
We
no
more
thy
Spi
-
rit
grieve,
But
through
cloud
-
less,
end
-
less
days
Sound
to
gold
-
en
harps,
thy
praise.
We
have
not
been
able
to
get
any
data
with
reference
to
Miss
S.
G.
Jones,
further
than
that
she
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
in
1850,
and
for
some
time
after
that.
It
is
claimed
by
some
that
she
lived
in
Harris
County,
Ga.,
at
that
time.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
further
about
her.
She
was
probably
assisted
in
making
this
tune
by
B.
F.
White.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
stanzas
are
taken
from
the
hymn
in
"Mercer's
Cluster,"
by
Jesse
Mercer,
1823.
See
page
415.
No
author
is
given
of
the
hymn.