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FAREWELL
TO
ALL.
L.
M.
D.
"Prepare
to
meet
thy
God."
Amos
4:12.
J.P R.,
1852.
Key
of
G
Minor.
J.
P.
Reese,
1852.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911,
And
now
my
friends,
both
old
and
young,
I
hope
in
Christ
you'll
still
go
on;
And
if
on
earth
we
meet
no
more,
Oh
may
we
meet
on
Canaans
shore,
}
I
hope
you'll
all
re-mem-ber
me,
if
you
on
earth
no
more
I
see.
D.
C.-An
interest
in
your
pray'rs
I
crave
That
we
may
meet
beyond
the
grave.
Professor
J.
P.
Reese
composed
a
large
number
of
tunes
in
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
as
well
as
in
many
other
books.
He
was
also
a
correspondent
for
musical
jour-
nals
and
secular
papers.
He
was
born,
1828
in
Jasper
county,
Ga.,
and
died
at
his
home,
near
Newnan,
1900.
He
was
buried
in
Oak
Hill
Cemetery,
Newnan.
An
extended
history
of
him
is
given
in
James'
"History
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
pages
94
to
99
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Words
arranged
for
this
tune
by
Prof.
Reese.
THE
DYING
BOY.
C.
M.
D.
"Jesus
saw
her
weeping,
and
was
troubled."
John
11:33.
Softly.
Key
of
F
Major.
Composed
by
H.
S.
Reese,
1859.
1 I'm
dy
-
ing,
moth
-
er,
dy
-
ing
now,
please
raise
my
ach-ing
head,
And
fan
my
heat
-
ed,
burn
-
ing
brow,
Your
boy
will
soon
be
dead,
}
Turn
o'er
my
pil
-
low
once
a
-
gain, And
Rev.
H.
S.
Reese,
who
now
lives
at
Turin,
Ga.,
composed
"The
Dying
Boy"
for
the
2nd
appendix
of
the
"Sacred
Harp"
in
1859.
Mr.
Reese
is
in
his
84th
year
at
this
time,
1911,
He
has
composed
a
large
lot
of
tunes
in
this
book.
See
further
remarks
about
him
under
the
first
tune
he
composed
"Traveling
Pilgrim,"
page
278,
in
this
volume.