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SAWYERS
EXIT.
9.
8.
"Precious
in
the
sight
of
the
Lord
is
the
death
of
his
saints."
116
Ps.
15.
Key
of
A
major.
John
Massengale,
1859.
1.
How
bright
is
the
day
when
the
Christian,
Receives
the
sweet
message
to
come,
To
rise
to
the
mansions
of
glo-ry,
And
be
there
for
-
ev
-
er
at
2.
The
an
-
gels
stand
read
-
y
and
wait-ing,
The
mo-ment
the
spir
-it
is
gone,
To
car
-
ry
it
up-ward
to
heav-en,
And
wel-come
it
safe-ly
at
3.
The
saints
that
have
gone
up
be
-
fore
us,
All
raise
a
new
shout
as
we
corne,
And
sing hal-le-
lu-jah
the
lou-der,
To
wel-come
the
trav-el-ers
home,
And
be
there
for-ev-er
at
home,
And
be
there
for-ev-er
at
home,
To
rise
to
the
mansions
of
glo-ry,
And
be
there
for
-
ev-er
at
home.
home,
And
welcome
it
safe-ly
at
home,
And
welcome
it
safe-ly
at
home,
To
car-ry
it
up-ward
to
heaven,
And
welcome
it
safe
-
ly
at
home.
home,
To
welcome
the
travellers
home,
To
welcome
the
travellers
home,
And
sing
hal-le-lu-jah
the
lou-der,
To
welcome
the
trav
-
el-ers
home.
4.
And
there
are
our
friends
and
companions,
Escaped
from
the
evil
to
come,
And
crowding
the
gates
of
fair
Zion,
To
wait
our
arrival
at
home.
5. And
there
is
the
blessed
Redeemer,
So
mild
on
his
merciful
throne,
With
hearts
and
hands
widely
extended,
To
welcome
his
ransom'd
ones
home.
6. Then
let
us
go
onward
rejoicing,
Till
Jesus
invites
us
to
come,
To
share
in
his
glorious
kingdom,
And
rest
in
his
bosom
at
home.
These
words
were
composed
by
Rev.
S.
B.
Sawyer
on
the
day
of
his
death,
with
request
that
this
tune
should
be
published.
The
air
of
this
tune
is
one
of
the
old
national
melodies
of
America,
and
in
its
Seculor
form
it
was
called
"Old
Rosen
the
Bow."
It
took
its
present
name,
"Saw-
yers
Exit,"
from
Rev.
S.
B.
Sawyer.
The
words
of
the
tune
were
composed
by
him
on
the
day
of
his
death,
with
a
request
that
they
be
applied
to
the
melody
and
published,
and
on
completing
the
words
his
spirit
took
its
eternal
flight
into
its
new
life.
Prof.
Massengale
applied
the
words
to
the
tune.
These
words
composed
by
this
christian
man,
shows
the
glorious
and
triumphant
death
of
the
righteous.
See
numerous
sketches
of
John
Massagale
in
other
parts
of
this
volume.
We
have
no
further
data
about
Mr.
Sawyer
than
the
above.