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NIGHT
WATCHMAN.
7sD.
"Watchman,
what
of
the
night?,'-Isa.
21:
11.
John
Bowring,
1825.
Key
of
F.
Major.
T.
W.
Carter,
1844.
Watchman,
tell
us
of
the
night,
what
its
signs
of
promise
are,
Trav'ler
o'er
yon
mountains
height,
See
that
glo
-
ry
beam-ing
star.
Watchman,
tell
us
of
the
night,
what
its
signs
of
promise
are,
Trav'ler
o'er
yon
mountains
height,
See
that
glo
-
ry
beam-ing
star.
Watchman,
does
its
beauteous
ray,
Aught
of
hope
or
joy
foretell,
Trav'ler
Yes,
it
brings
the
day,
Promised
day
of
Is
-
ra
-
el.
Watchman,
does
its
beauteous
ray,
Aught
of
hope
or
joy
foretell,
Trav'ler
Yes,
it
brings
the
day,
Promised
day
of
Is
-
ra
-
el.
See
sketch
of
Dr.
T.
W.
Carter
in
other
parts
of
these
remarks.
This
tune
was
originally
in
the
Sacred
Harp,
by
White
&
King,
on
page
108,
and
was
removed
by
the
revisors
of
that
book
and
"Weeping
Saviour"
and
"Traveler"
inserted
in
its
place.
Alto
composed
1911
by
S.
M,
Denson.
The
tune
has
been
re-
aranged
materially
for
this
edition
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
1811.
The
hymn
was
by
John
Bowring.
He
got
the
idea
of
the
words
by
hearing
it
sung
by
the
missionarys
in
Turkey.
It
has
three
verses.
He
was
a
distinguished
politician,
statesman
and
literary
man,
born
1792
in
England.
Many
years
he
represented
his
country
in
China,
was
a
Unitarian
in
faith;
died
1872.
He
published
a
volume
of
hyms
in
1823
and
in
1825.