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THE
CAUSE
OF
CHRIST.
7s,
5s.
"For
we
are
made
partakers
of
Christ;
if
we
hold
the
beginning
of
confidence
steadfast
unto
the
end"-Heb.
3:
14.
Key
of
F
Major.
E.
L.
King,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Who
the
cause
of
Christ
would
yield?
Who
would
leave
the
bat
-
tie
field?
Who
would
cast
a
-
way
his
lot?
Let
him
base
-
ly
go!
Who
the
cause
of
Christ
would
yield?
Who
would
leave
the
bat
-
tie
field?
Who
would
cast
a
-
way
his
lot?
Let
him
base
-
ly
go!
Who
for
Zi
-
on's
King
will
stand?
Who
will
join
the
faithful
band?
Let
him
come
with
heart
and
hand,-
Let
him
face
the
foe.
Who
for
Zi
-
on's
King
will
stand?
Who
will
join
the
faithful
band?
Let
him
come
with
heart
and
hand,-
Let
him
face
the
foe.
E.
L.
King,
author
of
the
above
tune,
was
on
the
committee
to
make
the
first
appendix
to
The
Sacred
Harp,
1850,
and
engaged
with
the
committee
in
their
re-
vision.
See
page
263.
He
was
a
close
relative
of
L.
J.
King,
one
of
the
compilers
of
The
Sacred
Harp.
E.
L.
King
has
three
tunes
in
the
appendix
to
The
Sacred
Harp
he
helped
to
write,
to-wit:
"Parting
Friends,"
"The
Lost
City"
and
"The
Cause
of
Christ."
He
was
a
young
man
in
1850;
a
splendid
director
of
music.
He
was
one
of
the
organizers
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
in
1845.
We
have
no
data
about
him
since
the
Civil
war.
Words
were
arranged
for
this
tune
by
Prof.
King.