Page 360
NEW
APPENDIX.
November,
1859.
The
Committee
appointed
by
the
Musical
Convention
to
enlarge
"The
Sacred
Harp,"
met
according
to
appointment
and
have
adopted
about
one
hundred
pieces,
being
new
compositions
never
before
published,
for
a
second
Appendix
to
"The
Sacred
Harp."
All
of
which
is
respectfully
submitted
:
B.
F.
WHITE
E.
T.
POUND,
J.
P.
REES,
R.
F.
BALL,
A.
OGLETREE,
T.
WALLER,
J.
T.
EDMUNDS,
A.
S.
WEBSTER.
Committee.
SWEET
DAY.
C.
M.
"Thine
eyes
shall
behold
the
land."
Isa.
33:17.
Isaac
Watts,
1709.
Key
of
F
Major.
T.
J.
Denson,
1908.
1. There
is
a
land
of
pure
de
-light
where
saints
im
-
mor
-
tal
reign,
In
-
fi
-
nite day
ex-cluds
the
night,
and
plueasure
ban-ish
pain.
2. Sweet
fields
be
-
yond
the
swell-ing
flood
stands
dressed
in
liv
-
ing
green;
So
to
the
Jews
old
Ca-naan
stood,
while
Jordan
rolled
be-tween.
This
hymn
of
Dr.
Watts
stands
in
the
Rev.
Lewis
Benson's
compilation
of
the
best
church
hymns
of
American
Churches,
No.
87,
of
a vast
number
of
hymns
of
the
seven
leading
denominations
of
the
United
States.
It
is
considered
one
of
the
best,
and
heartily
approved
by
all
Christian
denominations.
Further
details
of
the
hymns
of
Dr.
Watts
appear
elsewhere
in
this
book.
Sketch
of
Prof.
Denson
appears
on
page
527
at
the
close
of
the
tune.
Jasper,
"Sweet
Day"
was
first
printed
in
the
Union
Harp
and
History
of
Songs,
in
1909,
page
198.