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ANTHEM
ON
THE
SAVIOUR.
Original
Key
of
A.
Minor.
B.
F.
White.
My
friends
come
listen
a
while
And
I
wiil
tell
you
a
sto-ry
A
-
bout
our
loving
Saviour;
He
came
of
low
es-tate.
was
re-ject-ed
by
his
own,
Was
My
friends
come
listen
a
while
And
I
will
tell
you
a
sto
-
ry
A-bout
our
lov-ing
Savionr;
He
came of
low
es-tate,,
was
re-
ject-ed
by
his
own
Was
Key
of
A
Major.
born
of
the
Virgin
Ma-ry.
And
was
cradled
in
a
manger.
The
next
we
hear
of
this
blessed
Saviour,
He
was
go-ing
a-bout
do-ing
good,
And
born
of
the
Virgin
Ma-ry.
And
was
cradled
in
a
manger,
The
next
we
hear
of
this
blessed
Saviour,
He
was
go-ing
a-bout
do-ing
good,
And
"The
Anthem
on
the
Saviour"
is
supposed
to
have
been
composed
by
Prof.
B.
F.
White
in
1859,
may
have
been
composed
by
him
before
that
time.
It
was
put
in
the
Sacred
Harp
on
this
date.
It
is
claimed
by
some
of
the admirers
of
Major
White,
that
this
Anthem
is
the
best
ever
composed
by
him.
See
full
history
of
him
under
Baptismal
Anthem,
pages
232-3
this
volume.
The
words
to
this
Anthem
are
predicated
on
Matthew
1:23,
Isa
9:6,
Luke
20:17,
John
1:11,
and
many
other
passages.