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MULLINS.
8.s
&
7.
Key
of
F
Major.
'The
blessing
of
the
Lord,
it
maketh
rich."
Prov.
10:22.
By
Eld.
E.
Dumas,
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Da.
Capo
1.
Je-sus
grant
us
all
a
bless-ing;
Send
it
down,
Lord,
from
a-bove:
May
we
all
go
home
a
prais-ing,
And
re
-
joio
-
ing
in
thy
love.
2.
Je-sus,
par-don
all
cur
fol
-
ly,
Since
to
-
geth
-
er
we
have
been.
Make
us
humble,
make
us
ho
-
ly,
Cleanse
us
all
from
ev'
-
ry
sin.
Fare-well,
brethren,
fare-well
sis-ters
Till
we
all
shall
meet
a - gain.
In
honor
of
Eld.
John
Mullins.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
Edward
E.
Dumas
in
honor
of
Elder
John
Mullin.
Mr.
Mullin
was
a
Primitive
Baptist
preacher,
and
was
a
strong
friend
and
brother
in
the
church
of
Dumas.
The
words
of
this
tune
were
taken
from
Zion
Songster,
page
268,
hymn
No.
228,
by
Rev.
Thomas
Mason
1832,
7th
edition
of
this
book.
The
tune
Griffin
was
removed,
and
Mullins
inserted
in
its
place
in
1869.
SOFT
MUSIC.
7.
6.
7.
7.
Mrs.
Dana
(Shindler.)
Key
of
F
Major.
"Sing
songs
of
Moses
and
of
the
Lamb."
Rev.
15:3
Arr.
by
B.
F.
White,
1850,
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
Soft,
soft
music
is
stealing-Sweet,
sweet,
lingers
the
strain;
Loud,
loud,
now
it
is
pealing.
Waking
the
echoes
again
!
Yes,
yes,
yes,
yes;
Wak
ing
the
echoes
again.
1.
2.
Join
join,
children
of
sadness,
Send,
send,sorrow
away;
Now,
now,
changing
to
gladness,
Wable
this
beauliful
lay,
Yes,
yes,
yes,
yes,
Wable
this
beautiful
lay.
3.
Hope,
hope,
fair
and
enduring,
Joy,
joy,
bright
as
the
day:
Love,
love,
heaven
insuring,
Sweetly
invites
you
away.
Yes.
yes,
yes,
yes,
Sweetly
invites
you
away.
Mrs.
Mary
Stanley
Bunce
Dana
was
born
in
Buaford,
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
afterwards
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
Pilgrim
and
a
Stranger."
She
was
a
great
and
good
woman.
Maj.
B.
F.
White
re-arranged
"Soft
Music"
in
1850.
The
tune
as
it
originally
stood
was
a
German
Air.
as
it
is
shown
by
a
number
of
early
song
books
in
the
early
part
of
the
nineteenth
century.
It
appears
in
the
Social
Harp
by
John
G.
Me
Curry
page
76.
The
Christian
Harmony
by
William
Walker,
1866,
page
239.
Mr.
Walker
printed
the
music
in
his
book,
called
"Pruits
and
Flowers,"
page
238
and
a
collection
of
old
hymns
by
the
early
American
Society
of
old
hymns
and
tunes
in
the
nineteenth
century.
The
Air
of
SOFT
MUSIC
is
laid
down
as
being
an
old
German
Air.
B.
F.
White
in
1850,
arranged
the
present
tune
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
Walker
harmonized
the
Air
for
his
books
above
named.