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WOODVILLE.
8s.
"The
law
is
spiritual:
but
I
am
carnal,
sold
under
sin."
Rom.
7-14.
Key
of
B
Minor.
Rev.
Mr.
Thomas,
1850.
1. Sin-ners,
perhaps
this
news
with
you
May
have
no
weight,
altho'
so
true;
The
a
-
ged
sin
-
ner
will
not
turn,
His
heart's
so
hard
he
cannot
The
car-nal
pleasure
of
this
earth
Break
off
the
thoughts
and
fears
of
death;
2.
See
blooming
youth,
all
in
their
prime,
And
counting
up
their
length
of
time;
But,
Oh!
the
sad,
the
aw-fnlstate
Of
those
who
come,
but
come
too
They
oft-times
say
'tis
their
in-tent,
When
they
get
old,
they
will
re-pent:
3.
When
Christ
the
Lord
shall
come
to
reign,
In
solemn
pomp
and
burn-ing
flame,
Oh!
how
will
pa-rents
tremble
there
who've
raised
their
children
without
See
Ga-bri-el
go
pro-claim
the
sound,
A
-
wake,
ye
na-tions
un-der
ground!
mourn
much
harder
than
the
flint-y
rock,
It
will
not
break,
though
Je-sus
knock!
Arise!
A
-
rise!
we're
go-ing
home,
A
-
way
to
new
Je
-
ru
-
sa-lem!
late!
The
foolish
vir-gins
did
be-gin
To
knock;
but
could
not
en
-
ter
in
A
-
rise
a-rise!
we,re
go
-
ing
home,
A
-
way
to
new
Je
- ru - sa - lem!
prayer?
methinks
you'll
hear
some
children
say
-I
nev
-
er
heard
my
parents
pray
!
A-rise
a
-
rise!
we're
go
-
ing
home,
A
-
way
to
new
Je
-
ru
-
sa
-
lem!
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
anything
definite
from
the
oldest
Sacret
Harp
singers
about
Rev.
Mr.
Thomas,
author
of
the
above
tune.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convontion
before
the
Civil
War,
but
no
trace
can
be
found
of
him
since
the
war.
Woodville
is
a
peculiar
old
minor
melody,
stands
alone
in
a
great
many
of
its
chords.
No
trace
of
the
words
can
be
found
in
any
of
the
hymn
books
we
have
examined.