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FILLMORE.
L.
M.
"I
will
sing
unto
the
Lord
as
long
as
I
live."
Ps.
104
:33.
Key
of
F
Major.
For
the
Organ,
by
John
P.
Rees,
1869.
1.
Great
God,
let
all
my
tuneful
pow'rs
A-wake,
and
sing
thy
mighty
name
;
Thy
hand
revolves
my
circling
hours,
Thy
hand
from
whence
my
be
-
ing
2.
Sea-sons
and
moons
still
roll-ing
round,
In
beauteous
order,
speak
thy
praise;
And
years,
with
smil-ing
mer-cy
crowned,
To
thee
suc
-
ces
-
sive
hon
-
ors
came.
Thus
will
I
sing
till
nature
cease,
Till
sense
and
language
are
no
more,
And
aft-er
death
Thy
My
life,
my
health,
my
friends
I
owe,
My
life,
my
health,
my
friends
I
owe,
All
to
thy
vast
un-
Thus
will
I
sing
till
na
-
ture
cease,
Till
sense
and
language
are
no
more.
And
My
life,
my
health,
my
friends,
I
owe,
All
to
thy
vast
un
boun-ed
love.
Ten
raise.
Thus
will
I
sing
till
na-ture
cease,
Till
sense
and
language
are
no
more.
And
aft
-
er
death
thy
bound
-
less
My
life,
my
health,
my
fr
iends
I
owe,
My
life
my
health,
my
friends
I
owe,
All
to
thy
vast
un
-
bound
-
ed
Thus
will
I
sing
till
na-ture
cease,
Till
sense
and
lan
-
guage
are
no
more,
And
aft
-
ter
death
thy
boundless
grace
Through
My
life,
my
health,
my
friends
I
owe,
All
to
thou
vast
un-bound
-
ed
love;
Ten
thou
-
sand
pre-cious
gifts,
be-low,
Ten
John
P.
Rees,
the
author
of
this
tune,
was
born
in
Jasper
County,
Ga.,
1828,
and
died
in
Newnan,
Ga.,
1900.
He
was
President
of
the
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention
and
President
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
for
years.
He
composed
a
large
number
of
sacred
tunes,
which
were
published
in
different
books.
He
composed
a
lage
number
of
tunes
and
intended
to
compile
a
book,
but
died
without
doing
so,
He
helped
to
revise
the
"Sacred
Harp"
twice,
and
has
a
large
number
of
tunes
composed
by
himself
in
that
book.
"Fillmore
is
a
stirring
song,
and
is
greatly
enjoyed
in
conventions
and
singing
societies.