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CONSECRATION.
6.
8.
Original.
"Present
your
bodies
aliving
sacriiice,
holy
acceptable
unto
God."
Rom.
12-1.
W.
S.
Turner,
1866.
Key
of
F
Sharp
Minor
Rev.
Wm.
S.
Turner,
1866.
There
then
to
thee
thine
own
I
leave,
mould
as
thy
wilt
thy
passsive
clay;
But
let
me
all
thy
stamp
re-ceive,
But
let
me
all
thy
words
obey.
}
Serve
with
a
sin
-
gle
heart
and
eye,
And
to
thy
glo
-
ry
live
or
die
W.
S,
Turner
was
the
son
of
J.
R.
and
was
Methodist
minister.
His
father
was
for
many
years
a
singing
teacher,
and
composed
several
tunes.
He
and
his
son,
in
there
lifetime,
composed
and
prepared
a
large
number
of
tunes,
intending
to
publish
a
note
and
song
book,
but
they
died
before
it
was
completed,
and
the
manuscript
was
lost
or
burned.
J.
R.
Turner
was
born
in
Hacock
County,
Ga"
in
1807,
died
in
Carroll
County,
Ga.,
and
was
buried
at
Wesley
Ghapel
Methodist
Church.
W.
S.
Turner,
author
of
the
above
tune
and
words,
died
at
Fort
Valley,
Ga.,
in
1891.
He
composed
a
large
number
of
hymns
and
tunes,
and
was
an
itinerant
preache.r
For
a
full
sketch
of
Prof.
J.
R.
Turner
and
Rev.
W.
S.
Turner
we
refer
to
James
brief
history
of
the
Sacrad
Harp,
pages
91
and
137.
FESTIVAL
DAY.
6,
9,
9.
"Rejoice
evermore."
Thes.
5-16.
John
Wesley
Oct.
12,
1755.
Key
of
A
Major.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
911.
R,
F.
M.
Mann
Oct,
22,
1869.
Come
a-way
to
the
skies,
My
be
-
lov
-
ed
a
-
rise.
And
re
-
joice
in
the
day
thou
was
born.
On
this
fe
-
ti
-
val
day,
Come
ex-ult-ing
a
way,
And
wi
h
Mr.
Man
compsed
the
above
tun
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp
1869.
we
refer
to
other
sketches
about
him
in
this
book.
Alto
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson
1911.
The
title
of
the
above
hymn
is
On
the
Birth-day
of
a
Friend,
written
on
th
29
birth-day
of
the
authors
wife.
The
hymn
has
two
verses,
only.
See
full
sketch
of
Chas.
Wesley
under
tune
Arnold,
page
285.