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THE
HEAVENLY
PORT.
C.
M.
"Thine
eyes
shall
behold
the
land
that
is
very
far
off."
Isa.
33:17.
Samuel
Stenett,
1787.
Key
of
a
Major.
By
Eld
Edmund
Dumas,
Aug.
8,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
On
Jordan's
stormy
banks
I
stand,
And
cast
a
wish-ful
eye,
To
Canaan's
fair
and
hap
-
py
land Where
my
possessions
lie.
Chorus:
We'll
stem
the
storm,
it
won't
be
long,
the
heav'nly
port
is
nigh,
We'll
stem
the
storm,
it
won't
be
long,
we'll
anchor
by
and
by.
2.
When
shall
I
reach
that
happy
place
And
be
for
-
ev
-
er
blest,
When
shall
I
see
my
Father's
face,
And
in
his
bo-som
rest.
This
tune
was
composed
by
Elder
Edmund
Dumas
1859,
for
the
second
appendix
of
the
"Sacred
Harp."
Dumas
assisted
in
revising the
"Sacred
Harp,
at
one
time
he
was
a
Primitive
Baptist
Minister,
musician
of
considerable
note;
died
and
buried
at
Forsyth,
Monroe
county,
Ga.
See
other
sketches
of
him
connected
with
his
tunes
in
this
volume.
EUREKA.
L.
M.
"And
they
were
judged
every
man
according
to
their
works."
Rev.
20:13.
Key
of
A
Minor.
By
J.
P.
Reese.
Campmeeting
songs,
page
204.
Alto
by
S.
M. Denson,
1911.
1.
Soon
will
this
mor-tal
life
be
o'er,
This
bod-y
mould
-
er
in
-
to
dust;
Na
-
ked
my
soul
will
stand
before
A
God
that's
ho - ly,
pure
and
just.
2.
Its
standing
doom
of
bliss
or
woe,
Will
from
the
great
I
am
re-ceive;
Up
to
the
realms
of
glo-ry
go,
Or
in
hell's
torments
ev-er
live.
3.
Without
an
int'rest
in
the
blood
Of
Je-sus
shed
on
Cal-va-ry,
We
can't
escape
his
venge-ful
rod,
Howe'er
so
mor-al
here
we
be
4.
A-way
then all
self-righteousness!
My
soul
from
nature's
sleep
a-rise,
Be
jus-ti
-fied by
faith
thro'
grace,
And
claim
a
mansion
in
the
skies.
5.
Perfection's
height
may
I
ascend,
And
feel
my
soul
dissolved
in
love;
That
when
my
days
be-low
shall
end,
Angels
may
waft
my
soul
above.
J.
P.
Reese,
composed
this
tune
for
the
2nd
appendix
of
the
"Sacred
Harp"
in
1859.
He
has
a
"note"
at
the
heading
of
this
tune
which
is
as
follows:
"Camp-
meeting
Song;
alto
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
tune
now
stands
with
all
of
its
verses
as
it
was
originally
composed
by
Prof.
Reese.