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THE
SAINTS
DELIGHT.
C.
M.
"Holding
the
mystery
of
the
faith
in
a
pure
conscience.
1
Tim
3
-9.
Isaac
Watts,
1709.
Key
of
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sharp
Minor.
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Price.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson,
1911.
Chorus.
1.
When
I
can
read
my
ti
-
tle
clear
to
mansions
in
the
skies,
I'll
bid
fare-well
to
ev'
-
ry
fear,
And
wipe
my
weep-ing
eyes.
I
2. Should
earth
a-gainst
my
soul
en-gage,
And
fiery
darts
be
hurled,
then
I
can
smile
at
Sa-tan's
rage
And
face
a
frown-ing
world.
3. Let
cares
like
a
wild
del-uge
come,
Let
storms
of
sor-row
fall;
So
I
but
safe
-ly
reach
my
home,
My
God,
my
heaven,
my
all. I
4. There
I
shall
bathe
my
wea-ry
soul,
In
seas
of
heaven-ly
rest,
And
not
a
wave
of
trou-ble
roll,
a-cross
my
peace-ful
breast.
feel
like,
I
feel
like
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home,
I
feel
like,
I
feel
like,
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home.
feel
like,
I
feel
like
I'm
on
my jour-ney
home,
I
feel
like,
I
feel
like
I'm
on
my
jour-ney
home.
The
original
title
of
the
hymn
was,
"The
Hopes
of
Heaven
Our
Support
Under
Trials
on
Earth."
It
appears
in
the
author's
"Hymns
and
Spiritual
Songs,"
Book
No.
3.
Verse
two,
line
two,
was
originally
written
"hellish
darts"
instead
of
"fiery
darts."
In
the
third
stanza,
"
may
I"
instead
of
"so
I."
This
precious
hymn
is
held
in
high
esteem
wherever
the
English
language
is
spoken.
It
is
applied
to
many
different
standard
tunes
in
the
Protestant
church
hymn
books.
it
is
one
of
the
standard
hymns,
and
so
recognized
in
the
"National
Hymn
Book,"
and
by
the
leading
Protestant
churches
of
America.
The
Saints
Delight
is
one
of
the
old
songs.
See
Southern
Harmony
by
Walker
1835,
page
104
Christian
Harmony,
same
author
159.
It
was
once
in
the
Sacred
Harp,
page
154,
and
was
removed
by
revisors
1869,
and
tunes
Holy
Land
and
Eden
inserted
in
its
place.
Alto
has
been
composed
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
some
other
corrections
and
tune
put
back
in
the
Sacred
Harp
after
an
absence
of
40
years
at
the
suggestion
of
T.
B.
Newton.
No
trace
can
be
found
of
its
author
F.
Price.