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CHARLTON.
C.
M.
"For
I
have
learned,
in
whatsoever
state
I
am,
therewith
to
be
content."
Phil.
4-11.
Francis
Maria
Cowper,
1792.
Key
of
E
Flat
Major.
L.
P.
Breedlove,
1859.
1,
My
span
of
life
will
soon
be
done,
The
passing
moments
say,
As
length'ning
shadows
o'er
the
mead
Proclaim
the
close
of
day.
2.
Ere
first
I
drew
this
vi-tal
breath,
From
na-tures
prison
free,
Cross
-
es
in
murder,
measure,
weigh,
Were
written,
Lord,
for me.
O
that
my
heart
might
dwell
a-loof
From
all
cre
-
a
-
ted
things,
And
learn
that
wis-dom
from
a
-bove,
Whence
true
con
-
tent
-
ment
springs.
But
thou
my
Shepherd,
friend,
and
Guide,
Hast
led
me
kind-iy
on,
Taught
me
to
res
my
faint-ing
head
On
Christ,
"the
cor
-
ner
stone."
L.
B.
Breedlove
composed
the
above
tune
in
1859,
of
the
Second
Edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
There
are
many
sketches
about
Mr.
Breedlove
in
this
volumn,
connected
with
his
tunes,
hence
it
is
unnecessary
to
say
more
about
him
here.
The
above
hymn
was
composed
by
Francis
Maria
Cowper,
1792.
It
is
spoken
very
highly
of
by
Dr.
Tilley
in
his
book
"Our
Hyms
and
their
Authors,"
published
in
1889.
See
hymn
564,
pages
225
and
226.
The
original
title
to
the
hymn
was
"The
Consola-
tion."
It
has
six
stanzas.
The
hymn
was
revised
by
the
celebrated
Port
William
Cowper,
Esq.,
a
relative
of
the
author.