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THE
HILL
OF
ZION.
S.
M.
Original.
"How
sweet
are
thy
words
unto
my
taste!
yea,
sweeter
than
honey
to
my
mouth."-Ps.
119:103.
Key
of
A.
Major.
B.
F.
White,
159.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
Hill
of
Zi
-
on
yields
a
thous-and
sa
-
cred
sweets,
Be
-
fore
we
reach
the
heav
-
ly
fields,
Or
walk
the
gol
-
den
streets.
Then
let
our
songs
a-bound,
And
ev
-
'ry
tear
be
dry;
We're
march-ing
through
Imman-uel's
ground,
To
fair
-
er
worlds
on
high.
This
tune
was
composed
by
B.
F.
White,
1859,
for
the
second
appendix
to
his
book,
"Sacred
Harp."
The
words
to
this
tune
are
the
second
and
third
verses
of
the
hymn
in
the
tunes
"Concord,"
page
313,
and
"Mt.
Zion,"
page
220-1.
There
are
some
unusual
chords
in
this
tune
to
what
are
generally
found
in
the
other
tunes
in
this
book.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
above
hymn
is
in
Wyeth's
Song
Book,
1810;
in
Repository
of
Sacred
Music
in
connection
with
"Concord,"
page
104.
PARADISE
PLAINS.
L.
M.
D.
"There
the
wicked
cease
from
troubling;
and
there
the
weary
be
at
rest."-Job
3:17.
H.
S.
R.,
1859.
Key
of
A
Minor.
J.
L.
Hinton
and
H.
S.
Rees,
1859.
The
bus-y
scene
of
life
is
clos'd,
And
active
usefulness
is
o'er;
The
body's
laid
in
calm re-pose,
And
sin
shall
ne'er
distress
it
more.
The
hap-py
soul
is
gone
to
rest,
Where
cares
no
more
shall
spoil
its
peace.
Re-clin-ing
on
its
Saviour's
breast,
It
shall
enjoy
e-ter-nal
bliss.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
H.
S.
Rees
and
J.
L.
Hinton
for
the
second
appendix
to
The
Sacred
Harp
in
1859.
See
history
of
H.
S.
Rees
under
tune,
"Traveling
Pilgrim,
page
278,
and
other
tunes
of
his
in
this
book.
J.
L.
Hinton
lived
and
died
at
Greenville,
Ga.,
but
little
Is
known
of
him.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
from
1850
to
1859. The
date
of
his
death
we
have
not
obtained.
The
words
in
this
tune
were
arranged
by
Prof.
Rees,
1859.