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DUMAS
C.
M.
'Saved
with
an
everlasting
salvation."-Isa.
45:17,
Key
of
A
Major.
Original.
J.
P.
Reese,
1859.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1
When
we've
been
there
ten
thousand
years,
Bright
shining
as
the
sun,
We've
no
less
time
to
sing
God'
s
praise,
Than
when
we
first
be
-
gun.
2
Weak
is
the
ef
-
fort
of
my
heart,And
cold
my
warmest
thought,
But
when
I
see
thee
as
thou
art,
I'
ll
praise
thee
as
I
ought
Author
of
the
above
tune
was
J.
P.
Reese,
born
in
Jasper
Gounty,
Ga.,
1828;
lived
in
Coweta
County,
Ga.,
for
many
years;
composed
a
greatdeal
of
music;
fine
leader
and
directot
of
music;
several
times
President
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention,
also
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention.
Each
of
said
conventions
are
still
in
existence.
Both
of
them
were
organised
over
50
years
ago.
Reese
died
1900
and
is
buried
at
Newnan,
Ga.
See
other
sketches
of
him
in
this
volume.
In
1859
Prof.
J.
P.
Reese
composed
the
above
tune
in
honor
of
Elder
E.
Dumas,
a
Primitive
Baptist
minister.
See
various
sketches
of
Rev.
Dumas
and
Prof.
J.
P.
Rees
connected
with
their
various
tunes
in
this
book.
SHILOAH.
C.
M.
"But
every
man
shall
die
for
his
own
sin."-2
Ch.
25-4.
Key
of
D
Major.
Thomas
Waller,
1859.
1
The
time
is
swift
-
ly
rolling
on,
When
I
must
faint
and
die,
My
bod
-
y
to
the
dust
return,
And
there
for-got-ten
lie,
And
there
forgotten
lie.
2
Let
persecu-tions
rage
around,
And
Anti-christ
appear,
My
silent
dust
beneath
the
ground,
There's
no
disturb
-
ance
there,
There'
s
no
disturbance
there.
Very
little
is
known
of
Thomas
Waller,
the
author
of
the
above
tune.
It
was
composed
by
him
for
the
second
appendix
of
The
Sacred
Harp,
Mr.
Waller
lived
in
Upson
County,
Ga.
In
connection
with
Prof.
H.
S.
Reese,
he
taught
singing
schools
together
previous
to
the
Civil
War.
He
died
in
the
var.
He
was
a
good
teach-
er,
and
about
30
years
old
when
he
died.
He
belonged
to
the
Southern
Musical
Convention.