Page 386
NEW
HUNDRED.
L.
M.
"Thou
hast
ascended
on
high."
Ps.
68:18.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Look
from
on
high,
great
God,
and
see
Thy
saints
lamenting
af
-
ter
thee,
We
sigh,
we
languish
and
complain,
Re-vive
thy
gracious
work
a
-
gain.
2, To-day
thy
cheer-ing
grace
impart,
Bind
up
and
heal
the
brok
-
en
heart;
Our
sins
sub-due,
our
souls
re-store,
And
let
our
foes
pre
-
vail
no
more
3. Thy
presence
in
thy
house
afford,
To
ev'ry
heart
ap
-ply
thy
word,
That
sinners
may
their
danger
see,
And
now
be-
gin
to
mourn
for
thee.
"New
Hundred,"
is
one
among
the
old
early
melodies
of
the
United
States.
Its
composer
or
its
exact
date
are
unknown.
It
was
put
in
the
2nd
appendix
of
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1859.
The
first
book
in
which
we
find
this
tune
published,
is
"The
Missouri
Harmony,"
by
Carden,
1827,
and
"Supplement,"
1837,
page
25.
The
hymn
is
taken
from
"Mercer's
Cluster,"
3rd
edition,
1823,
page
317.
The
title
to
the
hymn
is,
"A
Revival
Sought."
It
has
three
verses
only,
all
of
which
appear
in
the
tune
in
this
revision
of
the
"Original
Sacred
Harp."
I'M
ON
MY
JOURNEY
HOME,
L.
M.
Original.
"They
went
forth
into
the
land
of
Canaan."
Gen.
12-5.
Key
of
G
Minor.
Miss
S.
Lancaster,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Chorus.
O
who
will
come
and
go
with
me,
I
am
on
my
journey
home
I'm
bound
fair
Canaan's
land
to
see,
I
am
on
my
journey
home
}
O
come
and
go
with
me,
O come
and
go
with
me,
O
come
and
go
with
me,
For
I'm
on
my
journey
home
The
above
piece
of
music
was
composed
by
Miss
S.
Lancaster
in
1859;
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Miss
Lancaster
lived
at
the
time
of
the
composition
of
this
tune
in
Harris
county,
Ga.,
and
removed
to
Texas.
See
further
sketch
about
her
and
her
two
sisters
in
this
volume.
The
same
words
in
this
tune
are
in
the
tune
"Journey
Home,"
composed
by
R.
F.
M.
Mann.
See page
111.