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AITHLONE.
8,
8.
6.
"And
all
things
whatsoever
ye
shall
ask
in
prayer,
believing,
ye
shall
receive."-Matt.
21:
22.
Rev.
Augustus
M.
Toplady.
Key
of
G
Major.
1759.
1 Oh,
thou
that
hear
-
est
the
pray
-
er
of
faith,
Will
thou
not
save
a
soul
from
death,
That
casts
it
-
self
on
thee?
2.
Slain
in
the
guilt
-
ty
sin
-
ner's
stead,
His
spot
-
less
righ
-
teous-ness
I
plead,
And
His
a
-
vail
-
ing
blood;
3.
Then
save
me
from
e
-
ter
-
nal
death,
The
spir
-
it
of
a
-
dop
-
tion
breathe,
His
con -
sol
-
a
-
tions
send;
I have
no
mer
-
it
of
my
own,
But
fly
to
what
my
Lord
hath
done,
And
suf
-
fered
for
me.
That
righ
-
teous
-
ness
my
robe
shall
be,
That
mer
-
it
shall
a
-
tone
for
me,
And
bring
me
to
God.
By
Him
some
word
of
life
im
-
part,
And
sweet
-
ly
whis
-
per
to
my
heart,
"Thy
Mak'r
is
thy
Friend."
Toplady,
author
of
this
hymn,
was
born
in
Fernham,
Eng.,
1740.
Educated
at
Westminster
school
and
Trinity
College.
He
had
doctrinal
debates
with
Wesley
and
was
a
sharp
and
harsh
combatant.
He
was
sincere,
a
man
of
piety,
physically
he
was
very
frail.
It
is
said
his
fiery
zeal
wore
out
his
body.
His
health
failed
him
at
25.
He
possessed
an
ardent
religious
nature.
He
died
in
1778.
This
tune
was
removed
from
the
Sacred
Harp
by
White
&
King
by
the
revisors
and
the
tune
"Funeral
Hymn
put
in
its
place,
page
95.
The
tune
has
been
completely
re-arranged
and
alto
added
by
S.
M.
Denson,
More
verses
have
been
added,
and
the
pres-
ent
shape
of
the
tune
is
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James,
1911.
No
doubt
the
origin
of
this
tune
is
of
very
old
source.
It
is
in
the
early
books
of
this
country
but
none
of
them
give
the
author's
name.