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MINISTER'S
FAREWELL.
C.
M.
D.
"
A
friend
loveth
at
all
times."-PROV.
17
:
17.
Key
of
G
Major.
1.
{Dear
friends,
farewell!
I
do
you
tell,
Since
you
and
I
must
part;
I
go
away
and
here
you
stay,
But
still
w'
ere
joined
in
heart.
Your
love
to
me
has
been
most
free,
How
can
I
bear
to
jour-ney
where
Your
conversation
sweet;
With
you
I
cannot
meet!
2
Yet
do
I
find
my
heart
inclined
To
do
my
work
below;
When
Christ
doth
call
I
trust
I
shall
Be
ready
then
to
go.
I
leave
you
all,
both
great
and
small,
In
Christ's
encircling
arms.
Who
can
you
save
from
the
cold
grave
And
shield
you
from
all
harms.
3 I
trust
you'll
pray,
both
night
and
day,
And
keep
your
garments
white,
For
you
and
me,
that
we
may
be
The
children
of
the
light.
If
you
die
first,
anon
you
must,
The
will
of
God
be
done:
I
hope
the
Lord
will
you
reward
With
an
immortal
crown.
4
If
I'm
called
home
whilst
I
am
gone
Indulge
no
tears
for
me;
I
hope
to
sing
and
praise
my
King
To
all
eternity.
Millions
of
years
over
the
spheres
Shall
pass
in
sweet
repose,
While
beauty
bright
unto
my
sight
Thy
sacred
sweets
disclose.
5
I
long
to
ago,-then
farewell,
woe,
My
soul
will
be
at
rest;
No
more
shall
I
complain
nor
sigh,
But
taste
the
heavenly
feast.
O
may
we
meet
and
be
complete,
And
long
together
dwell,
And
serve
the
Lord
with
one
accord,
And
so,
dear
friends,
farewell!
This
tune
was
published
in
a
number
of
song
books
by
different
authors
early
in
the
nineteenth
century,
and
in
all
the
revised
editions
of
the
"Sacred
Harp,"
by
White
and
King,
since
1844.
None
of
these
publications
give
any
information
about
the
author
of
the
music
or
words.
Publications
of
a
more
recent
date
have
changed
the
tune
in
several
respects,
and
put
their
names
to
it
as
the
author.
The
original
author
is
unknown.
See
"
Southern
Harmony,"
by
William
Walker,
page
14,
1835.