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SALEM.
L.
M.
"Christ
died
for
our
sins."-1
Cor.
15:3.
Isaac
Watts,
1709.
Key
of
B
Minor.
Meth.
H.
B.
p.
455,
and
Psalmist,
232d
Hymn.
He
dies,
the
Friend
of
sinners
dies!
Lo
Salem's
daughters
weep
around:
A
solemn
darkness
veils
the
skies,
A
sudden
trem
-
bling
shakes
the
ground.
Say,
"Live
forever,
glorious
King,
Born
to
redeem,
and
strong
to
save!"
Then
ask,
"O
Death,
where
is
thy
sting,
And
where
thy
victory,
boasting
Grave?"
None
of
the
books
we
have
examined
give
the
author
of
the
above
tune.
It
is
published
in
Missouri
Harmony
by
Carden,
1827
and
1837,
page
47;
in
the
Southern
Harmony
by
Walker,
1837
and
1848,
page
53.
The
other
hymn
was
taken
from
where
it
bears
the
title,
"Christ
Dying,
Rising,
and
Reigning."
The
hymn
has
six
verses.
MIDDLEBURY.
6s,
9s.
"I
will
rejoice
in
the
Lord."-Haba.
3:18.
Charles
Wesley,
1755.
Key
of
A
Major.
Meth
Hymn
Book,
p.
357.
Come
away
to
the
skies,
My
beloved
arise,
And
rejoice
in
the
day
thou
wast
born;
On
this
festival
day,
Come
exulting
away,
And
with
singing
to
Zion
return.
We
have
laid
up
our
love
And
our
treasure
above,
Though
our
bodies
continue
below:
The
redeemed
of
our
Lord,
We
remember
his
word,
And
with
singing
to
Paradise
go.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
author
of
the
above
tune.
The
first
book
we
have
been
able
to
find
it
printed
in
is
the
Southern
Harmony
by
Walker,
1835,
page
17.
It
has
been
printed
in
each
revision
If
The
Sacred
Harp
1844-1850
and
1869.
None
of
the
tune
books
give
the
author
of
the
music.
The
hymn
was
com-
posed
by
Wesley,
1755,
under
the
title,
"On
the
Birthday
of
a
Friend,"
being
his
wife's
29th
birthday.
There
are
two
additional
stanzas.