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Original sacred harp : containing a superior collection of standard melodies, of odes, anthems, and church music, and hymns of high repute : rudiments, retaining all valuable standard regulations, arr. with all modern up-to-date improvements. , an annotated digital edition

Page 396

p. 396

HEAVENLY
REST.
C.
M.
Original.
"Then
shall
ye
also
appear
with
him
in
glory."-Col.
3-4.
Key
of
F
Major.
By
John
S.
Terry,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
How
happy
are
the
souls
a-bove,
From
sin
and
sor-row
free;
With
Je-sus
they
are
now
at
rest,
And
all
his
glo - ry
How
happy
are
the
souls
a-bove,
From
sin
and
sor-row
free;
With
Je-sus
they
are
now
at
rest,
And
all
his
glo - ry
see, And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see,
With
Je
-
sus
they
are
now
at
rest,
And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see.
see.
see, And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see,
With
Je
-
sus
they
a
re
now
at
rest.
And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see.
see.
see,
And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see,
And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see,
With
Je
-
sus
they
are
now
at
rest,
And
all
his
glo
-
ry
see. see.
"Heavenly
Rest"
was
composed
by
John
S.
Terry.
He
belonged
to
the
Southern
Musical
Convention;
was
said
to
be
a
fine
singer
and
composer.
He
is
dead,
but
the
date
of
his
death
has
not
been
ascertained.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
tune
is
published
in
Christian
Harmony
by
William
Walker,
page
253.
The
words
are
taken
from
Jesse
Mercer's
Cluster,
476,
published
in
1823,
third
edition.