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CRANTVILLE.
C.
M.
"That
we
may
obtain
mercy,
and
find
grace
to
help
in
time
of
need."-Heb.
4-16.
Isaac
Watts
1707.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor.
J.
P.
Rees,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Should
earth
a
-
gainst
my
soul
en
-
gage,
And
fie
-
ry
darts
be
hurled.
Should
earth
a
-
gainst
my
soul
en
-
gage,
And
fie
-
ry
darts
be
hurled.
Then
I
can
Then
I
can
smile
at
Sa-tan's
rage,
Then
I
can
smile
at
Satan's
rage
And
face
a
frown-ing
world.
Then
I
can
smile
at
Sa-tan's
rage,
Then
I
can
smile
at
Satan's
rage
And
face
a
frown-ing
world.
smile
at
Sa
-
tan's
rage,
Then
I
can
smile
at
Satan's
rage
And
face
a
frown-ing
world.
Author
of
the
above
tune
was
J.
P.
Reese;
born
in
Jasper
County,
Ga.,
1828;
lived
in
Coweta
County,
Ga.,
for
many
years;
composed
a
great
deal
of
music;
fine
leader
and
director
of
music,
and
several
times
president
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention,
also
the
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention,
each
of
said
conventions
are
still
in
existence;
both
of
them
were
organized
over
50
years
ago.
Reese
died
1900
and
is
buried
at
Newnan,
Ga.
See
other
sketches
of
him
in
this
volume.
Isaac
Watts
composed
the
stanzas
in
the
above
tune
about
1707.
"Should
Earth
Against
My
Soul
Engage?"
is
the
beginning
of
the
second
verse
of
the
hymn.
The
title
to
this
hymn
is
"The
Hopes
of
Heaven
are
Supported
under
Trials
on
Earth,"
This
old
precious
lyric
is
loved
wharever
the
English
language
is
known,
and
is
applied
to
many
thousand
tunes.
Alto
composed
to
this
tune
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
The
first
verse
is
"When
I
Can
Read
my
Titles
Clear.