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PICKARD'S
HYMN-Concluded.
Key
of
G
Major.
fet
-
ter
breaks
We
scarce
can
say
they're
gone,
Be-fore
the
wil
-
ling
spir-it
takes
Her
man-sion
near
the
throne.
throne.
gen
-
tle
sigh
their
fet
-
ter
breaks,
We
scarce
can
say
they're
gone,
Be-fore
the
wil
-
ling
spir-it
takes
Her
man
-
sion
near
the
throne.
throne.
fet
-
ter
breaks.
BEATRICE.
C.
M.
Original.
"Draw
nigh
to
God
and
He
will
draw
nigh
to
you."-James
4:8.
Isaac
Watts,
1707.
Key
ot
F
Major.
By
I.
A.
Hill,
1869.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
1.
Oh,
that
I
knew
the
se
-
crete
place
Where
I
might
find
my
God!
2.
I'd
tell
Him
how
my
sins
a
-
rise;
What
sor-rows
I
sus
-
tain;
I'd
spread
my
wants
be
-
fore
His
face,
And
pour
my
woes
a
-
broad.
How
grace
de
-
cays
and
com-fort
dies,
And
leaves
my
heart
in
pain.
3.
He
knows
whatar
gu
-
ments
I'd
take
To
wres-tle
with
my
God;
4.
A
-
rise,
my
soul,
from
deep
dis-tress,
And
ban
-
ish
ev
-
ery
fear.
I'd
plead
for
His
own
mer-cy's
sake,
And
for
my
Saviour's
blood.
He
calls
thee
to
his
throne
of
grace,
To
spread
thy
sor
-
rows
there.
The
above
tune
was
composed
by
Mr.
Hill
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
We
have
no
data
about
Mr.
Hill.
The
words
are
taken
from
Isaac
Watts'
Hymns.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Mr.
Hill
was
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Convention
for
several
years.