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PROMISED
DAY.
C.
M.
"I
say
unto
you,
hereafter
ye
shall
see
heaven
open."
John
1-51.
Isaac
Watts,
1701.
Key
of
F
Major.
L.
M.
Ranford,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson.
1. How
long
dear
Sa-viour,
Oh,
how
long
shall
this
bright
hour
de
-
lay?
Fly
swift
a
-
round,
ye
wheels
of
time,
And
2. The
God
of
glo
-
ry
down
to
men,
Re-moves
his
blest
a
-
bode;
Men,
the
dear
ob
-
ject
of
his
grace,
And
3.
His
own
soft
hand
shall
wipe
the
tears
From
eve
-
ry
weep
-
ing
eye;
And
pains
and
groans,
and
griefs
and
fears.
An
d
bring
the
promised
day.
And
bring
the
prom-ised
day.
Fly
swift
a-round,
ye
wheels
of
time,
And
bring
the
promised
day.
he the
lov
-
ing
God.
And
he,
the
lov
-
ing
God,
Men,
the
dear
ob-ject
of
his
grace,
And
he,
the
lov
-
ing
God.
death
it
-
self
shall
die,
And
death
it
-
self
shall
die.
And
pains
and
groans
and
griefs
and
fears,
And
death
it
-
self
shall
die.
Isaac
Watts
was
among
the
most
numerous
hymn
writers
of
the
English-speaking
people.
He
was
an
English
Congregationalist.
Born
1674
and
died
1747.
L.
M.
Ranford,
author
of
the
tune,
resided
for
a
long
time
in
Harris
county,
Georgia.
He
was
living
there
when
he
composed
the
tune
in
1856.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
from
1850
until
sometime
since
the
war.
The
exact
date
of
his
death,
we
have
been
unable
to
find.
The
above
information
we
get
from
Rev.
H.
S.
Rees.