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LAST
EDITION.
Fifth
and
Last
Part
of
Original
Sacred
Harp.,
Prepared,
revised
and
arranged
in
1911'
It
contains
a
large
number
of
tunes
heretofore
in
the
Sacred
Harp
but
removed
by
the
revisors
of
that
book
in
the
revis-
ion
of
1850,
1859,
and
1869.
These
tunes
have
been
greatly
improved,
alto
added
and
many
parts
made
new
and
are
now
valuable
melodies.
Other
tunes
have
been
selected
from
the
compositions
of
the
best
sacred
music
writers
the
country
affords.
A
large
number
of
new
tunes
are
herein
contained
never
before
published,
all
of
which
are
high,
standard
and
superior
sacred
melodies.
All
the
music
here
presented
has
been
written
and
revised
into
dispersed
and
extended
harmony,
possessing
many
valuable
combinations
and
chords
not
found
in
other
books
nor
in
other
parts
of
this
volume.
CHESTER.
L.
M.
"There
is
one
glory
of
the
sun,
and
another
glory
of
the
moon,
and
another
glory
of
the
stars:
for
one
star
differeth
from
another
star
in
glory."
1
Cor.
15:41.
Key
of
F
Major.
Wm.
Billings,
1770.
Let
the
high
heav'ns
your
songs
invite,
These
spacious
fields
of
brilliant
light,
Where
sun
and
Moon
and
Planets
roll,
And
stars
that
glow
from
pole
to
pole.
Sun,
Moon
and
stars,
convey
thy
praise
Round
the
whole
earth,
and
never
stand,
So
when
thy
truth
began
its
race,
It
touched
and
glanced
on
ev
-
ry
land.
See
full
sketch
of
William
Billings
under
funeral
anthem,
page
520
as
well
as
other
tunes
composed
by
him
in
this
volume.
We
put
in
this
appendix
the
tune,
"Chester,"
one
of
his
master
pieces,
on
account
of
Billings
being
the
first
American
to
compose
and
publish
sacred
music.
Chester
is
a
fine
old
melody
and
was
printed
in
Billings'
song
book
from
1870-94,
and
in
many
of
the
early
American
tune
books.
It
is
still
popular
in
many
sections
of
the
country.
The
words
and
tune,
as
they
are
here
presented,
are
found
in
John
Wyeth
Repository
of
Music,
1810,
page-47