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NEW
BETHANY.
L.
M.
Original.
"Before
the
mountains
were,
or
thou
formed
the
earth
and
the
world,
even
from
everlasting
to
everlasting,
thou
art
God.-Ps.
90:2.
Harriet
Auber,
1820.
By
B.
F.
White,
Jr.,
1869.
Ere
mountains
rear'd
their
forms
sublime,
Or
heav'n
and
earth
in
or
-
der
stood,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
Ere
mountains
rear'd
their
forms
sublime,
Or
heav'n
and
earth
in
or
-
der
stood,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
Ere
mountains
rear'd
their
forms
sublime,
Or
heav'n
and
earth
in
or
-
der
stood,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be-
Be-fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Before
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be
-
an-cient times,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be-fore
the birth
of
an
-
cient
times,
From
ever-lasting,
ever
-
last
-
ing,
thou
art
God.
God.
an-cient
times,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be-fore
the
birth
of
an
-
cient
times,
From
ever-lasting,
ever
-
last
-
ing,
thou
art
God.
God.
fore
the
birth
of
ancient
times,
Be
fore
the
birth
of
an-cient
times,
From
ever-lasting,
ever
-
last
-
in
g,
thou
art
God.
God.
B.
F.
White,
Jr.,
the
author
of
the
above
tune,
is
a
son
of
B.
F.
White,
author
of
The
Sacred
Harp,
and
resides
in
Atlanta
at
this
time,
1911.
The
tune,
"New
Bethany,"
was
composed
for
the
fourth
edition
of
The
Sacred
Harp.
In
connection
with
his
brother,
J.
L.
White,
B.
F.
White
composed
and
printed
the
New
Sacred
Harp
in
1882,
seven
shaped
notes.
The
words
of
the
tune
were
composed
by
Harriet
Auber,
1820.
She
was
born
in
London,
1773,
and
died
in
1862.
She
wrote
a
great
deal
of
poetry
and
hymns.
She
was
a
great
and
good
woman.