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NORTH
SALEM.
C.
M.
"But
truly
as
the
Lord
liveth,
and
as
thy
soul
liveth,
there
is
but
a
step
between
me
and
death."-1
Sam.
20-3.
Stephen
J
enks,
1805.
Key
of
E
Minor.
Re-arronged
by
Denson
and
James,
19011.
When
thou
must
quit
this
1.
My
soul
come
me-di
-
di
-
tate
the
day,
And
think
how
near
it
stands,
When
thou
must
quit
this
house
of
clay
and
fly
to
2.
And
you,
mine
eyes
look
down
and
view
The
hol
-
low
gap - ing
tomb,
This
gloomy
pris-son
waits
for
you
When
e'er
the
3.
We
should
al-most
for
-
sake
our
clay
Be
-
fore
the
summons
come,
And
pray,
and
wish
our
souls
a
-
way
To
their
-e
When
thou
must
quit
this
house
of
clay,
And
fly
to
house
of
clay,
And
fly
to
unknown
lands,
And
fly
to
un-known
lands,
When
thou
must
quit
this
house
of
clay,
And
fly
to
unknown
lands.
lands.
un-known
lands,
And
fly
to
un
-
known
lands,.....
When
thou
must
quit
this
house
of
clay,
And
fly
to
unknown
lands.
lands.
sum-mons
come,
When
e'er
the
sum
-
mons
come,.....
This
gloom-y
pris-on
waits
for
you,
When'er
the
summons
come.
come.
ter
-
nal
home,
To
their
e
-
ter
-
nal
home,
And
pray
and
wish
our
souls
a
-
way,
To
their
e
-
ternal
home.
home.
unknown
lands,
And
fly
to
un
-
known
lands,.....
When
thou
must
quit
this
house
of
olay,
And
fly
to
unknown
lands.
lands.
Stephen
Jenks,
of
New
Canaan,
Conn.,
published
the
"Delights
of
Harmony"
in
1805.
Twenty-six
of
the
songs
in
this
book
were
composed
by
him,
and
the
work
was
published
by
subscription.
He
removed
to
Thompson
and
died
there
in
1856.
He
was
a
ready
composer.
The
above
tune
was
first
puplished
in
his
book
in
1805
and
has
since
been
printed
in
several
books.
See
music
in
Union
Harp,
of
Columbia,
page
110
by
M.
L.
Swan,
1867,
and
in
the
Christian
Harmony
by
Walker,
1866.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
name
of
the
author
of
the
words
in
any
of
the
books
in
which
the
tune
has
been
published.
Alto
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
tune
re-arranged
by
S.
M.
Denson
and
J.
S.
James,
1911.
This
is
a
fine
tune
as
it
now
stands.