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CAN
I
LEAVE
YOU
?
8s
7s
"Bade
them
Farewell."
Acts
18:21.
Arr.
by
John
Reese,
1852.
Dr.
S.
Smith,
about
1844.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
Yes,
my
na-tive
land,
I
love
thee,
All
thy
scenes
I
love
them
well,
Friends,
connections,
hap
-
py
coun-try,
Carr
I
bid
you
all
farewell?}
Can
I
leave
you,
Far
in
heathon
lands
to
dwell?
2. Home,
thy
joys
are
pass
-
ing
love
-
ly,
Joys
no
stranger
heart
can
tell;
Hap
-
py
home
in
deed
I
love
thee;
Can
I,
can
I.
say
"Farewell?
}
Far
in
heathen
lands
to
dwell?
3. Scenes
of
sacred
peace
and
pleasure,
Ho
-
ly
days
and
Sab-bath
bell,
Rich-
est,
brightest,
sweet
-
est
treasure,
Can
I
say
a
last
fare-well?}
Can
I
leave
you,
Can
I
leave
you,
Farin
heathen
lands
to
dwell?
Dr.
S.
F.
Smith,
the
composer
of
the
above
hymn
is
also
author
of
"My
Country
'Tis
of
Thee."
These
words
were
composed
for
missionaries.
Dr.
Smith
was
a
Baptist
preacher,
and
did
a
great
deal
of
missionary
work.
He
edited
a
missionary
paper,
and
composed
a
great
many
hymns,
and
was
a
fine
writer
of
prose.
He
was
born
in
Boston
1808
and
died
in
1898.
See
sketch
of
J.
P.
Reese
in
other
parts
of
this
book.
Prof.
Reese
arranged
the
words
to
suit
his
tune
in
the
above
tune
in
1852,
so
reports
say,
but
it
was
not
published
till
long
after
that.
Dr.
S.
Smith
also
assisted
in
the
composition
of
the
words
and
tune.
FLEETING
DAYS.
C.
M.
Original.
"He
cometh
forth
like
a
flower,
and
is
cut
down."
Key
of
F.
Major.
Joh
14:2.
By
Henry
G.
Mann,
Oct.
26,
1869.
1. Time!
what
an
emp-ty
va-por-'tis!
Our
days,
how
swift
they
are,-Swift
as
an
In
-
di
-
an
ar-row
flies,
Or
like
a
shoot-ing
star.
2.
Our
life
is
ev-er
on
the
wing,
And
death
is
ev
-
er
nigh;
The
mo-ment
when
our
lives
be-gin
We
all
be
-
gin
to
die.
Henry
G.
Mann
composed
the
tune
in
1869,
and
it
was
first
published
in
the
Sacred
Harp.
See
other
sketch
of
Mr.
Mann
in
this
volume.
The
words
were
arranged
at
the
same
time
of
the
music
to
suit
the
tune.