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PARTING
HAND.
L.
M.
"
But
as
touching
brotherly
love
ye
need
not
that
I
write
unto
you
:
for
ve
yourselves
are
taught
of
God
to
love
one
another."-1
THESS.
4
:
9.
Key of
G
Major.
JEREMIAH
INGALLS,
1803.
1. {
My
Christian
friends,
in
bonds
of
love,
Whose
hearts
in
sweetest
union
join,
Your
friendship's
like
a
drawing
band,
Yet
we
must
take
the
parting
hand.}
2.
Your
company's
sweet,
your
union
dear,
Yet
Your
words
delightful
to
my
ear
3. {How
sweet
the hours
have
passed
away
Since
we
have
met
to
sing
and
pray;
How
loath
we
are
to
leave
the
place
Where
Jesus
shows
his
smil-ing
face.
4.
O
could
I
stay
with
friends
so
kind,
But
How
would
it
cheer
my
drooping
mind!
when
I
see
that
we
must
part
You
draw
like
chords
around
my
heart.
duty
makes
me
understand
That
we
must
take
the
parting
hand.
5
And
since
it
is
God's
holy
will,
We
must
be
parted
for
a
while,
In
sweet
submission,
all
as
one,
We'll
say,
our
Father's
will
be
done.
6
My
youthful
friends,
in
Christian
ties,
Who
seek
for
mansions
in
the
skies,
Fight
on,
we'll
gain
that
happy
shore,
Where
parting
will
be
known
no
more.
7
How
oft
I've
seen
your
flowing
tears,
And
heard
you
tell
your
hopes
and
fears!
Your
hearts
with
love
were
seen
to
flame,
Which
makes
me
hope
we'll
meet
again.
8
Ye
mourning
souls,
lift
up
your
eyes
To
glorious
mansions
in
the
skies;
O
trust
His
grace-in
Canaan's
land
We'll
no
more
take
the
parting
hand.
9
And
now,
my
friends,
both
old
and
young,
I
hope
in
Christ
you'll
still
go
on;
And
if
on
earth
we
meet
no
more,
O
may
we
meet
on
Canaan's
shore.
10
I
hope
you'll
all
remember
me
If
on
earth
no
more
I
see;
An
interest
in
your
prayers
I
crave,
That
we
meet
beyond
the
grave.
11
O
glorious
day!
O
blessed
hope!
My
soul
leaps
forward
at
the
thought
When,
on
that
happy,
happy
land,
We'll
no
more
take
the
parting
hand.
12
But
with
our
blessed
holy
Lord
We'll
shout
and
sing
with
one
accord,
And
there
we'll
all
with
Jesus
dwell,
So,
loving
Christians,
fare
you
well.
Jeremiah
Ingalls
was
a
native
of
the
State
of
Massachusetts;
born
in
1764
and
died
in
1828.
In
1804
he
published
a
book
called
"
Christian
Harmony."
The
above
tune,
"
Parting
Hand,"
was
composed
in
1803.
He
was
a
music
teacher,
and
traveled
through
the
States
of
New
Hampshire,
Vermont,
and
Massachusetts.
Among
some
of
the
leading
tunes
of
his
are
"
Northfield
"
and
"New
Jerusalem."
A
more
extended
sketch
of
Mr.
Ingalls
is
given
under
the
tune
of
"
North-
field."
It
may
be
that
he
wrote
the
words
to
"
Parting
Hand,"
as
well
as
the
music.
He
usually
wrote
the
words
to
his
own
tunes.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J.
S.
James.