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MELANCHOLY
DAY.
Concluded.
lifts
her
eyes,
For
guilt,
a
heav
-
y
chain,
Still
drags
her
downward
from
the
skies,
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain.
Darknes,
fire
and
pain.
heav-y
chain,
Still
drags
her
downward
from
the
skies,
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain.
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain.
And
pain.
........ For
guilt
a
heav-y
chain,
Still
drags
her
downward
from
the
skies,
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain.
And
pain.
heav
-
y
chain,
Still
drags
her
downard
from
the
skies,
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain,
To
darkness,
fire
and
pain.
And
pain.
RELIGION
IS
SWEET.
7s.
"But
in
that
he
liveth,
he
liveth
unto
God."-Rom.
6:10.
Mary
Masters,
1750.
Key
of
G
Major.
W.
R.
Waldrup,
1850.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
'Tis
re
-
li
-
gion
that
can
give
Sweetest
pleas
-
ures
while
we
live;
'Tis
re
-
li
-
gion
must
sup-ply
Sol
-
id
com-fort
when
we
die.
Aft
-
ler
death,
its
joys
will
be
Last-ing
as
e
-
ter
-
ni
-
ty
Be
the
liv
-
ing
God
my
Friendi
Then
my
bliss
shall
nev
-
er
end.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
W.
R.
Waldrup
in
1850
for
the
second
appendix
of
The
Sacred
Harp.
We
have
no
data
in
relation
to
Mr.
Waldrup
other
than
that
he
belonged
to
the
Southern
Musical
Convention,
and
to
the
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention
between
1850
and
1860.
Since
that
time
we
have
no
data
about
him.
Prof.
S.
M.
Denson
composed
the
alto
to
this
tune
in
1911.
Mary
Masters
composed
the
above
hymn
in
1750.
There
are
only
two
verses
in
the
entire
hymn.
She
was
an
English
poetess,
born
1702.
It
is
said
that
she
en-
joyed
very
poor
educational
advantages.
She
published
a
volume
of
poetry
in
1733
and
a
second
appendix
in
1755.
The
year
of
her
death
is
unknown.
This
hymn
is
published
in
"Thomas'
Hymns,"
in
"Loyd's
Hymn
Books,"
and
in
"Mercer's
Cluster."