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COLUMBIANA.
8.
7.
'And
God
is
able
to
make
all
grace
abound
toward
you."
2
Cor.
8-9.
Buck's
Hymn
Book,
H.
530.
Key
of
C
Major.
By
D.
P.
White,
1859.
1. May
the
grace
of
Christ
our
Saviour,
And
the
Fa-ther's
bound-less
love,
With
the
Ho - ly
Spi'r-it's
fa
-
vor,
Rest
up-on
us
from
a-bove.
2. Thus
may
We
a
-
bide
in
un-ion,
With
each
oth
-
er
and
the
Lord;
And
pos-sess,
in
Sweet
communion,
joys which
earth
can-not
af
-
ford.
The
words
in
this
tune
also
apear
in
Mercer's
Cluster
by
Jesse
Mercer,
page
335.
Only
2
verses
in
original
hymn,
author
not
given.
D.
P.
White,
a
son
of
B.
F.
White,
died
in
Texas,
October
1904.
He
married
in
Texas.
His
wife
is
also
dead.
He
has
one
daughter
living
at
Mt.
Selman,
Texas.
Mr.
White
was
extremely
fond
of
music
and
sang
in
the
old
Sacred
Harp
as
long
as
he
lived.
He
understood
it
well,
and
composed
music.
He
has
the
following
songs
in
the
Sacred
Harp,
namely:
Auburn,
Song
To
The
Lamb,
Columbiana,
and
Norwich.
VILLULIA.
8.
7.
"Because
of
the
blindness
of
their
heart."
Eph.
4
- 18.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
By
J.
M.
Day.
1. Mer
-
cy
O
thou
Son
of
Da
-
vid, Thus
poor
blind
Bar-time
-
ous
pray'd,
Oth-ers
by
thy
grace
are
sa
-
ved,
Now
to
me
af-ford
thine
aid.
2. Mon-ey
was
not
what
he
wanted,
Though
by
beg-ging
used
to
live;
But
he
ask'd
and
Je
-
sus
grant-ed,
Alms
which
none
but
he
could
give.
3. "Lord,
re-move
this
gre
-
vous
blindness,
Let
mine
eyes be-hold
the
day;
Straight
he
saw,
and,
won
by
kindness,
Follow'd
Je
-sus
by
the
way.
The
hymn
in
the
above
tune
is
over
one
hundred
years
old.
See
following
262
Mercer's
Cluster
1823,
Zion
Songster
1832,
page
57,
Loyd's
hymn
book,
147,
1858,
and
earlier
editions.
Old
hymn
books
over
one
hundred
years
old,
page
237,
under
the
title
Bartimeous.
See
sketch
of
J.
M.
Day,
page
He
composed
several
tunes
in
McCuny's
Social
Harp,
1855.