Page 375
SWEET
COMMUNION.
8s
7s
"The
communion
of
the
holy
Ghost,
be
with
you
all."
2;
Cor.
13-14.
H.
S.
Reese
and
J.
H. Jenkins,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson.
1911.
D.
C.
Key
of
A.
Major.
May
the
grace
of
Christ
our
Sav
-
iour,
And
the
Fathers
boundless
love,
With
the
Ho-ly
Spir-its
fa
-
vor,
Rest
up
-
on
us
from
a-bove.
Thus
may
we
a
-
bide
in
un
-
ion,
With
each
other
and
the
Lord.
D.
C.
And
po
-
sess
in
sweet
com
-
mun
-
ion,
Joys
which
earth
can-not
af-ford.
This
tune
was
composed
by
Prof
H.
S.
Reese
of
Turin
Coweta
Co,
Ga.
and
J.
H.
Jenkins,
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson
1911.
See
history
of
H.
S.
Reese
under
Traveling
Pilgrim
278.
See
about
S.
M.
Denson
in
the
appendix
529.
We
have
no
data
about
J.
H.
Jenkins.
He
was
a
member
of
the Southern
Musical
Conven-
tion
from
1850
to
1860.
He
came
from
N.
C.
to
Mariwether
Co.
Ga.
and
married
there.
He
was
a
fine
singer
and
leader,
and
moved
back
to
N.
C.
about
the begining
of
the
war
and
has
not
been
heard
of
since.
See
words
of
this
hymn
in
Mercers
Cluster,
by
Jesse
Mercer
1823,
page
335.
Also
see
words
in
tune
Columbiana
Pg.
331
JESUS
WEPT.
S.
M.
Original.
"Jesus
wept."
John;
11-35.
J.
P.
R,
1855.
Key
of
C.
Major.
John
P.
Reese,
1855.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911
He
wept
that
we
might
weep,
Each
sin
de-mands
a
tear.
In
heav'n
a
-
lone
no
sin
is
found,
And
there's
no
weep-ing
there.
He
wept
that
we
might
weep,
Each
sin
de-mands
a
tear.
In
heav'n
a
-
lone
no
sin
is
found,
And
there's
no
weep-ing
there.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
John
P.
Reese
of
Coweta
Co
Ga.
He
died
there
1900.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911
.See
history
of
him
page
529.
It
is
supposed
that
Reese
composed
the
words
at
the
same
time
he
composed
the
music.