Page 411
REES.
C.
M.
Original.
"An
house
not
made
with
hands."
2
Cor.
5:1.
Chorus.
Key
of
D.
Major.
Edmund
Dumas,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1. There
is
a
house
not
made
with
hands,
E
-
ter
-
nal
and
on
high;
And
here
my
spir
-
it
wait
-
ing
stands,
Till
God
shall
bid
it
fly.
}
I
long
to
see
my
friends a-
2. Shor-
ly
this
pris
-
on
of
my
clay
Must
be
dis
-
solv'd
and
fall;
Then,
O
my
soul,
with
joy
O
-
bey
Thy
heav'
-
ly
Fath
-
er's
call.
}
I
long
to
see
my
friends a-
3. 'Tis
he,
by
his
al
-
migh
-
ty
grace,
That
forms
thee
fit
for
heav'n,
An
as
an
earn
-
est
of
the
place,
Has
his
own
spir
-
it
giv'n.
}
I
long
to
see
my
friends a-
gain,
and
hear
them
sweet-ly
say,
Come,
wea
-
ry
dove,
Here
is
thy
home,
Then
fold
thy
wings
and
stay.
gain,
and
hear
them
sweet-ly
say,
Come,
wea
-
ry
dove,
Here
is
thy
home,
Then
fold
thy
wings
and
stay
Elder
Edward
Dumas
composed
the
above
tune
in
1859
for
J.
P.
Rees,
one
of
his
musical
brethren.
Edward
Dumas
was
for
a
long
time
Ordinary
of
Monroe
county,
Ga.
He
died
there
over
thirty
years
ago.
See
different
sketches
of
him,
connected
with
his
tune
in
this
book.
The
hymn
in
the
above
tune
was
selected
from
Loyd's
book
,
1859,
page
598.