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HILL
OF
ZION.
S.
M.
Original.
"I
set
my
King
upon
my
holy
hill
of
Zion."-Ps.
2:6.
Key
of
C
Major.
By
R.
F.
Mann,
April
12,
1868.
The
hill
of
Zion
yields
A
thousand
sacred
sweets,Before
we
reach
the
heavenly
field.
Or
walk
the
golden
streets,
Glory,
glo
-
ry,
hal
-
le-
lu
-
jah.
A
-
men
The
hill
of
Zion
yields
A
thousand
sacred
sweets,Before
we
reach
the
heavenly
field,
Or
walk
the
golden
streets,
Glory,
glo
-
ry,
hal-le-lu
-
jah,
A
-
men.
The
above
tune,
"Hill
of
Zion,"
was
composed
by
Mr.
Mann
in
1868
and
first
printed
in
the
Sacred
Harp
in
1869,
fourth
edition.
See
other
sketches
of
Mann
in
other
parts
of
this
book
in
connection
with
his
various
tunes.
He
helped
to
revise
Sacred
Harp
in
1850.
MY
LAST
MOMENTS.
S.
M.
Original.
"In
the
way
of
righteousness
is
life;
and
in
the
pathway
thereof
there
is
no
death."-Proverbs
12:
28.
Mrs.
Dana
Spindler,
1840.
Key
of
F
Major.
By
J.
P.
Rees,
1869.
When
the
last
moments
come,
Oh,
wateh
my
dying
face,
And
catch
the
bright
se-raphic
gleam
Which
o'er
each
feature
plays,
Which
o,er
each
feature
plays.
When
the
last
moments
come,
Oh,
watch
my
dying
face,
And
catch
the
bright
se-raphic
gleam
Which
o'er
each
feature
plays,
Which
o'er
each
feature
plays.
J.
P.
Rees
is
the
author
of
the
above
tune,
"My
Last
Moments,"
and
composed
it
for
the
Sacred
Harp,
1869.
Prof
Rees
has
27
tunes
credited
to
him
in
the
Sacred
Harp.
He
lived
and
died
in
Coweta
County.
He
was
one
of
the
revisors
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
1859.
See
full
history
of
J.
P.
Rees
in
James'
History
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
pages
94,
95,
96,
97,
98
and
99,
as
well
as
other
remarks
about
him
in
this
volume.
Words
were
taken
from
hymn
"Sing
to
Me
of
Heaven,"
3
verses.
See
page
312.