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SOUNDING
JOY.
S.
M.
"Truly
the
light
is
sweet,
and
a
pleasant
thing
it
is
for
the
eyes
to
bohold
the
sun."
Eccl.
11:7.
Isaac
Watts,
1719.
Key
of
E
Major.
B.
F.
White.
1859.
Alto
S.
M.
Denson,
1911
1.
Be
-
hold
the
morn
-
ing
sun,
Be
-
gins
his
glo
-rious
way,
2.
But
when
the
gos
-
pel
comes,
It
spreads
di
-
vi
-
ner
light,
3.
My
gra
-
cious
God
how
plain
Are
thy
di
-rec
-
tions
given,
His
beams
through
all
the
It
calls
dead
sin-ners
Oh,
may
I
nev
-
er
His
beams
through
all
the
na
- tions
run,
And
His
beams
through
all
the
nations
run,
And
life
and
light
con-
na-tions
run,
And
life
and
light
con
-
vey.
from
their
tombs,
And
gives
the
blind
their
sight,
read
in
vain,
But
find
the
path
to
heav'n.
His
beams
through
all
the
na
-
tions
run
And
life
and
light
con-vey.
It
calls
dead
sin
ners
from
the
tomb
And
gives
the
blnd
their
sight.
Oh,
may
I
nev
-
er
read
in
vain,
But
find
the
path
to
heav'n.
life
and
light
con
-
ve...y
His
beams
through
all
the
na
-
tions
run,
And
life
and
light
con-vey.
vey...
His
beams
through
all
the
na
-
tions
run.
And
life
and
light
con
-
vey.
B.
F.
White,
author
of
the
above
tune,
is
one
of
the
compilers
of
the
Sacred
Harp
1844,
and
made
three
appendix
to
it,
1850,
1859,
and
1869.
He
composed
a
large
lot
of
music,
but
if
he
composed
any
music
except
for
the
"Sacred
Harp"
we
have
not
been
able
to
find
it.
Many
of
his
tunes
appear
in
other
books;
quite
a
num-
ber
of
his
tunes
in
the
Sacred
Harp,
he
re-arranged
specially
for
that
volume,
and
a
large
number
of
his
tunes
he
composed
himself,
which
appear
from
the
different
pages
in
the
book.
For
a
more
extended
history
of
him
we
refer
to
"Baptismal
Anthem,"
page
232
and
233
and
"Red
Sea
Anthem,"
page
350,
as
well
as
various
other
sketches
connected
with
his
tunes.
We would
also
refer
to
pages
27
and
37,
inclusive
of
"James'
Brief
History
of
the
Sacred
Harp."
The
hymn
to
the
above
tune
was
composed
by
Isaac
Watts
in
1719,
under
title
"God's
Word
Most
Excellent."
This
is
said
to
be
the
last
tune
B.
F.
White
ever
sang
a
little
while
before
he
died.