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FRIENDSHIP.
8s
7s
'Thou
son
of
David,
have
mercy
on
me."-Mark
10:48.
Key
of
G
Minor.
By
E.
F.
Williams,
1869.
'Mer
-
cy,
O
thou
son
of
Da
-
vid,"
Thus
poor
blind
Bar
-
ti
-
meus
prayed;
'Oth
-
ers
by
thy
grace
are
sav
-
ed,
Now
to
me
af
-
ford
thine
aid,"
Ma-ny
-
ny
for
his
cry
-
ing
chid
him:
"Mer
-
cy,
O
thou
son
of
Da
-
vid,"
Thus
poor
blind
Bar
-
ti
-
meus
prayed;
"Oth-ers
-
ers
by
thy
grace
are
sav
-
ed,
Now
to
me
af
-
ford
thine
aid."
Ma
-
ny
for
his
cry
-
ing
chid
him;
But
he
called
the
loud
-
er
still,
Till
the
gra
-
cious
Sav
-
iour
bid
him,
"Come
and
ask
me
what
you
will."
But
he
called
the
loud
-
er
still,
Till
the
gra
-
cioug
Sav
-
ious
bid
him,
"Come
and
ask
me
what
you
will."
We
have
been
unable
to
get
any
data
about
E.
F.
Williams
that
we
consider
reliable
further
than
he
was
at
one
time
a
member
of
the
Southern
Musical
Conven-
tion
and
the
Chattahoochee
Singing
Convention.
He
also
composed
the
tune
Timmons,
page
117
This
hymn
is
taken
from
Zion
Songster,
published
1832,
by
Thomas
Mason,
page
57,
and
also
page
231
Mercer's
Cluster,
by
Jesse
Mercer,
1823,
headed
Blind
Bartimeus
Healed
and
Praising."