Page 362
SEND
A
BLESSING.
10s
&
11s.
"Hereafter
ye
shall
see
heaven
open,
and
the
angels
of
God
ascending
and
descending
upon
the
Son
of
man."
John
1:51.
John
Gambold,
1748.
Key
of
A
Major.
B.
F.
White
and
L.
L.
Ledbetter,
about
1859.
1.
O,
tell
me
no
more
of
this
world's
vain
store,
The
time
for
such
tri
fles
with
me
now
is
o'er,
A
coun
-
try
I
found,
where
true
joys
a
-
bound,
To
dwell
I'm
de
-
ter
-
mined
on
that
hap
-
py
ground.
}
Send
a
2. The
souls
that
be
-
lieve,
In
par
-
a
-
dise
live,
And
me
in
that
num
-
ber
will
Je
-
sus
re
ceive:
My
soul
don't
de
-
lay-
He
calls
thee
a
-
way,
Rise,
fol
-
low
thy
Sa
-
viour,
and
bless
the
glad
day.
}
Send a
3. But
this
I
do
find,
We
two
are
so
joined
He'll
not
live
in
glo
-
ry
and
leave
me
be
-
hind.
So
this
is
the
race
I'm
running
through
grace,
Henceforth-till
ad
-
mit
-
ed
to
see
my
Lord's
face.
}
Send a
blessing,
Send
a
bless
-
ing,
Send
a
blessing,
Send
a
bless-ing,
Send
a
bless-ing,
just
now,
just
now,
just
now,
Send
a
bless-ing
just
now.
blessing,
Send
a
bless
-
ing,
Send
a
blessing,
Send
a
bless-ing,
Send
a
bless-
ing,
just
now,
just
now,
just
now,
Send
a
bless-in
g
just
now.
blessing,
Send
a
bless
-
ing,
Send
a
blessing,
Send
a
bless-ing,
Send
a
bless-ing,
just
now,
just
now,
just
now,
Send
a
bless-ing
just
now.
This
hymn
is
taken
from
the
author's
works
of
1748.
It
originally
contained
14
three-line
stanzas.
Dr.
Gambold
was
a
bishop
of
the
Moravian
or
United
Brethren
church.
He
was
born
in
South
Wales
in
1711,
and
educated
at
Oxford.
He
entered
the
ministry
of
the
Church
of
England,
but
joined
the
Moravian
church
in
1742,
and
in
1754
was
made
a
bishop
among
them.
He
wrote
several
prose
works,
and
edited
a
volume
of
hymns
which
was
published
in
1748.
He
died
in
1771.
This
and
"Thee
We
Adore,
Eternal
Lord,"
are
considered
his
best
hymns.
This
tune
is
credited
to
B.
F.
White
and
L.
L.
Ledbetter
in
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
and
supposed
to
have
been
composed
or
re-arranged
by
them
about
867.
The
words
of
this
tune
were
composed
by
Rev.
John
Gambold
1748,
the
music
by
B.
F.
White and
L.
L.
Led-
better
1859,
alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
See
history
of
S.
M.
Denson,
page
529,
in
this
volume.
"Send
A
Blessing"
has
some
rare
strains
of
music
in
it.
We
have
no
data
about
Mr.
Ledbetter
other
than
the
fact
that
he
is
associated with
B.
F.
White
in
the
composition
of
this
tune,
and
of
the
tune
"Remember
Me,
page
368.