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SWEET
UNION.
L.
M.
"I
will
praise
thy
name."
Isa.
25:1.
Samuel
Meadley.
Key
of
E
Major.
J.
P.
Reese,
1859.
Alto
by
S,
M.
Denson,
1911.
1. A-wake
my
soul
in
joy
-
ful
lays,
Oh,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah,
And
sing
thy
great
Re-deem
-
er's
praise.
2. He
saw
me
ru
-
in'd
by
the
fall.
Oh,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
jah,
His
lov
-
ing
kind
-ness,
oh,
-
how
great
3. Th
ough
num'rous
hosts
of
migh
-
ty
foes,
Oh,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
-
lah,
Prone
from
my
Sa
-
viour
to
de
-
part;
4.
I
of
-
ten
feel
my
sin
-
ful
heart,
Oh,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
-
lah,
His
lov
-
ing
kind-ness
chang
-
es
not.
Chorus.
Don't
you
love
God,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah.
There's
u
-
nion
in
heav'n,
and
thers's
u
-
nion
in
my
soul,
Don't
you
love
God,
Glo
-
ry
-
Hal
le
-
lu
-
lah.
There's
n
-
nion
in
havev'n,
and
there's
u
-
nion
in
my
soul.
Don't
you
love
God,
Glo
-
ry
Hal
-
le
-
lu
-
jah
There's
u
-
nion
in
heav'n,
and
there's
u
-
nion
in
my
soul.
Author
of
the
above
tune
was
J.
P.
Reese;
born
in
Jasper
county,
Ga.,
1828;
lived
in
Coweta
county
for
many
years;
composed
a
great
deal
of
music.
He
was
a
fine
leader
and
director
of
music;
several
times
President
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention,
also
Chattahoochee
Singing
Gonvention.
each
of
said
conventions
are
still
in
existence;
both
of
them
organized
over
fifty
years
ago.
Reese
died
1900
and
is
buried
at
Newnan,
Ga.
See
other
sketches
of
him
in
this
volume.
Samuel
Meadley
is
the
author
of
the
words.
He
was
born
in
England
1738;
died
1799.
He
composed
two
hundred
and
thirty
hymns,
and
perhaps
more,
and
he
published
the
same
called
"Meadley's
Hymns."
He
was
a
Baptist
Minister
and
a
great
and
good
man.