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ISLINGTON.
C.
M.
"For
God
is
love."-John
4:
8.
Key
of
G
Major.
By
R.
H.
Reeves,
1869.
Be-ing
of
be-ings,
God
of
love,
To
thee
our
hearts
we
raise,
Glad-ly
sing
thy
praise,
Gladly
sing
thy
praise,
Thy
all-sustaining
pow'r
we
prove,And
gladly
sing
[thy
praise.
Thy
all-sustaining
pow'r
we
prove,
And
gladly
sing
thy
praise.
See
sketch
of
R.
H.
Reeves
under
tune
"Lover
of
the
Lord,"
page
475.
The
tune
'Islington"
was
composod
by
Mr.
Reeves
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
He
was
once
a
member
of
the
Southern
and
Chattahoochee
Musical
Conventions,
from
1860
to
1869.
See
other
sketches
of
him
in
other
parts
of
this
book.
HOME
ABOVE.
C.
M.
Double.
Original.
"That
God
is
light."-1
John
1:5.
Key
of
A
Major.
J.
L.
Hinton,
1859.
D.
C.
1.
Oh,
for
a
light
to
guide
my
feet
In
heav'n's
al
-
lu
r- ing
way,
To
that
ce - les - tial,
bright
re
-
treat,
Where
smiles
can
ne'er
de
-
cay.
}
E
-
ter
-
nal
Fa
-
ther,
shine
a
-
round
And
spread
thy
silk-en
love,
D.
C.-And
flit
all
o'er
this
spacious mound,
To
bring
us
home
a
-
bove.
Oh,
for
a
light
to guide
my
feet
In
heav'n's
al
-
lur
-
ing
way,
To
that
ce
-
les
-
tial,
bright
re
-
treat,
Where,
smiles
can
ne'er
de
-
cay.
}
E
-
ter
-
nal
Fa
-
ther,
shine
a-round
And
spread
thy
silk-en
love.
D.
C.-And
flit
all
o'er
this
spacious
mound,
To
bring
us
home
a
-
bove.
J.
L.
Hinton,
author
of
"Home
Above,"
composed
it
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
1869.
It
is
the
only
tune
he
ever
composed,
so
far
as
we
have
been
able
to
find.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
out
more
about
Mr.
Hinton
than
that
he
attended
the
musical
conventions
before
1869.
Both
of
the
above
tunes
are
fragments
of
hymns
arranged
to
suit
the
time
to
which
they
are
attached.
He
attended
the
Southern
Musical
Conventions
for
several
years
after
and
before
1869.
See
also
tune
"Paradise
Plains"
by
Reeves
and
Hinton
on
page
380.