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BOYLSTON.
S.
M.
"Whom
have
I
in
heaven
but
thee?
and
there
is
none
upon
earth
that
I
desire
besides
thee.
Psa.
73-25,
Isaac
Watts,
1767.
Key
of
C.
Major.
Lowell
Mason,
1832,
1.
My
God,
my
life,
my
love,
To
thee,
to
thee
I
call;
I
can-not
live
if
thou
re-move,
For
thou
art
all
in
all.
2.
Thy
shin-ing
grace
can
cheer,
This
dun-geon
where
I
dwell;
'Tis
par
-
a
-
dise
when
thou
art
here,
If
thou
de
-
part
'tis
hell.
3.
The
smil-ings
of
Thy
face,
How
ami
-
a
-
ble
they
are;
'Tis
heav'n
to
rest
in
Thine
em-brace,
And
no-where
else
but
there.
4.
To
Thee,
and
Thee
a-lone,
The
an-gels
owe
their
bliss;
They
sit
a-round
Thy
gracious
throne,
And
dwell
where
Je
-
sus
is.
5.
Not
all
the
harps
a
-
bove,
Can
make
a
heav'n-ly
place;
If
God
His
res
-
i
-
dence
re
-
move,
Or
But
con
-
ceal
His
face.
Original
title
to
this
hymn
was
"God
All
in
All,"
in
hymns
of
"'Spiritual
Songs,"
book
two,
published
1707,
by
Dr.
Watts.
It
is
based
on
Psalm
73,
25.
It
is
claimed
by
some
that
this
tune
was
not
originally
composed
by
Lowell
Mason;
that
it
was
taken
from
Pilsbury.
It
is
conceded,
however,
by
most
writers,
that
at
least
he
tune
in
its
present
shape
was
either
composed
or
rearranged
by
Dr.
Mason
among
the
large
number
of
others
he
composed
in
1832.
LABAN.
S.
M.
"For
I
have
kept
the
ways
of
the
Lord,
and
have
not
wickedly
departed
from
my
God."-II.
Sam.
22:22:
George
Heath,
1781.
Key
of
C
Major.
Lowell
Mason
,
1830.
1.
My
soul,
be
on
thy
guard;
Ten
thou-sand
foes
a
-
rise;
The
hosts
of
sin
are
press-ing
hard
To
draw
Thee
from
the
skies.
2.
O
watch,
and
fight,
and
pray:
The
bat
-
tle
ne'er
give
o'er;
Re
-
new
the
con
-
flict
ev-'ry
day;
And
help
di
-
vine
im
-
plore.
3.
Ne
er
think
the
vic-t'ry
won,
Nor
lay
thine
ar-mor
down.
The
work
of
faith
will
not
be
done,
Till
thou
ob
-
tain
the
crown.
4.
Fight,
on.
my
soul,
till
death
Shall
bring
thee
to
thy
God;
He'll
take
thee,
at
thy
part
-
ing
breath.
To
His
di
-
vine
a
-
bode,
Geo.
Heath,
the
author
of
this
hymn,
was
an
English
minister,
born
in
1781
and
died
in
1822.
For
a
time
he
was
pastor
of
the
Pressley
church,
at
Honiton,
Devon
shire.
He
was
a
very
prolific
writer,
having
written
and
composed
one
hundred
and
forty
hymns,
and
had
printed
several
editions
of
the
same.
''Laban"
has
a
dash
and
animation,
and
is
well
adapted
to
the
hymn,
"My
Soul,
Be
On
Thy
Guard."
It
is
one
of
the
standard
hymns
of
American
churches,
and
is
also
one
of
the
leading
tunes.
Dr.
Lowell
Mason
always
wrote
fine
music.
His
manner
of
writing
tunes
brought
about
a
reformation
in
this
couutry
in
composing
sacred
music.