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LOVER
OF
THE
LORD.
C.
M.
"Continue ye
in
my
love."-John
15:9.
Verses
Arranged
1869.
Key
of
A
Major.
By
R.
H.
Reeves.
Chorus
Lov
-
ers
of
pleas-ure
more
than
God,
For
you
He
suf
-
fered
pain;
For
you
the
Sav
-
iour
spilt
His
blood,
And
shall
He
bleed
in
vain
?
Oh,
you
must
be
a
lov
-
er
of
the
Lord.....
Oh,
you
must
be
a
Lov
-
er
of
the
Lord,
Oh,
you
must
be
a
Lov-er of
the
Lord,
Or
you
can't
go
to
heaven
when
you
die.
The
above
tune
was
rearranged
by
R.
H.
Reeves
in
1869
for
the
fourth
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp.
Its
outlines
were
taken
from
the
tune
''You
Must
be
a
Lover
of
the
Lord."
The
verses
have
been
so
changed
as
to
destroy
the
first
part
of
the
hymn.
The
chorus
is
the
same
as
in
the
old
tune.
R.
H.
Reeves
belonged
to
the
Chattahoochee
Convention
in
1867,
'68
and
'69.
We
do
not
know
what
became
of
him.