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VAIN
WORLD
ADIEU.
8.
4.
'Hear
this,
all
ye
people,
give
ear,
all
ye
inhabitants
of
the
world."
Ps.
49
d
By
Elder
E.
Dumas,
1856.
Key
of
G
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
When,
for
e
-
ter
-
nal
worlds
we
steer,
And
seas
are
calm
and
skies
are
clear,
And
faith
in
live
-
ly
ex
-
er
-
cise,
And
dis
-
tant
hills
of
Ca-naan
rise,}
The
soul
for
joy
then
claps
her
Wings,
And
2.
With
cher
-
ful
hope
her
eyes
ex-plore
Each
land
-
mark
on
the
dis
-
tant
shore-
The
trees
of
life,
the
past
-
ures
green,
The
crys
-
tal
stream-
de-light
-
ful
scene.
A
-
gain
for
joy
she
claps
her
wings,
And
3.
The
near-er
still
she
draws
to
land,
More
ea
-
ger
all
her
powrs
ex-pand;
With
stead-y
helm,
and
free
bent
sail,
her
an
-
chor
drops
with
-
in
the
vail
}
A
-
gain
for
joy
she
claps
her
wings,
And
loud
her
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah
sing,
Vain
world,
a
-
dieu,
And
loud
her
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah
sing,
Vain
world
a-dieu,
Vain
world,
a
-
dieu.
loud
her
hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jahs
sing,
Vain
world,
a
-
dieu,
And
loud
her
love
-
ly
son-nets
sing,
Vain
world,
a
-
dieu,
Vain
world,
a
-
dieu
her
ce
-
les
-
tial
son-net
sings,
I'm
there
at
last,
And
her
ce
-
lest-tial
son
-
net
sings,
I'm
there
at
last,
I'm
there
at
last.
Elder
E.
Dumas
composed
the
above
tune
in
1856.
It
was
first
published
in
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1859.
The
above
contains
the
entire
hymn,
revised
and
re-
arranged
by
Mr.
Dumas
at
the
time
he
composed
the
music.
See
various
sketchts
of
him
in
this
book.