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ELDER.
7s,
Double.
"Things
which
are
seen
are
temporal;
but
the
things
which
are
not
seen
are
eternal."-2.
Cor.
4;
18.
Key
of
E
Major.
Soft
and
Slow.
M.
Mark
Wynn.
1869.
1.
Gent-ly
glides
the
stream
of
life.
Oft
a
-
long
the
flow'-ry
vale.
Or
im
-
pet
-
uous
down
the
cliff,
Rush-ing
roars
when
storms
as
-
sail.
Gent-ly
glides
the
stream
of
life.
Oft
a
-
long
the
flow'-ry
vale
Or
im
-
pet
-
uous
down
the
cliff,
Rush
-
ing
roars
when
storms
as
-
sail.
Life's
an
ev-er
va-ried
flood,
A1
-
ways
roll-ing
to
its
sea;
Slow,
or
quick,
or
mild,
or
rude,
Tend
-
ing
to
e
-
ter
-
ni
-
ty.
Life's
an
ev-er
va-ried
flood,
Al
-
ways
roll-ing
to
its
sea;
Slow,
or
quick,
or
mild,
or
rude,
Tend
-
ing
to
e
-
ter
-
ni
-
ty.
This
tune
was
composed
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
See
sketch
of
M.
Mark
Wynn
under
tune
"Doddridge,"
page
463,
and
in
James'
History
of
The
Sacred
Harp,
1904,
page
109.
The
words
were
re-arranged
by
the
author
to
suit
the
tune
at
the
time
it
was
first
published
in
1869.