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GAINSVILLE.
7s.
(Original.)
"
Humble
yourselves
therefore
under
the
mighty
hand
of
God,
that
he
may
exalt
you
in
due
time."-1
PET.
5:
6.
WILLIAM
HAMMOND,
1745.
Key
of
A
Major.
W.
D.
JONES,
about
1867.
1.
Lord,
we
come
be
-
fore
Thee
now,
At
Thy
feet
we
hum - bly bow;
O
do
not
our
suit
dis-dain;
Shall
we
seek
Thee,
Lord,
in
vain
?
2.
Lord,
on
Thee
our
souls
de
-
pend;
In
com
-
pas-sion
now
de-scend;
Fill
our
hearts
with
Thy
rich
grace,
Tune
our
lips
to
sing
Thy
praise.
3.
In
Thine
own
ap
-
point-ed
way
Now
we
seek
Thee,
here
we
stay;
Lord,
we
know
not
how
to
go,
Till
a
bless-ing
Thou
be
-
stow.
4.
Send
some
mes-sage
from
Thy
word
That
may
joy
and
peace
af-ford;
Let
Thy
Spir
-
it
now
im-part
Full
sal - va - tion
to
each
heart.
5.
Com-fort
those
who
weep
and
mourn;
Let
the
time
of
joy
re-turn;
Those
who
are
cast
down
lift
up,
Strong
in
faith,
in
love,
and
hope.
6.
Grant
that
all
may
seek
and
find
Thee
a
God
su
-
preme
-
ly
kind;
Heal
the
sick,
the
cap
-
tive
free,
Let
us
all
re
-
joice
in
Thee.
W.
D.
Jones,
or
"
Willis
"
Jones,
as
he
is
usually
called,
who
composed
the
above
tune,
resides
in
Carroll
County,
Georgia,
and
has
lived
there
all
his
life.
He
is
a
member
of
the
Baptist
church,
is
a
great
lover
of
sacred
music,
and
has
composed
sacred
tunes.
He
has
been
a
member
of
Chattahoochee
Musical
Convention
for
forty
years,
and
was
several
times
tax
collector
of
his
county.
The
hymn
to
this
tune
is
taken
from
Mercer's
"
Cluster,"
published
in
1823.
SAVE,
MIGHTY
LORD.
L.
M.
"
The
Lord
.
.
.
was
received
up
into
heaven,
and
sat
at
the
right
hand
of
God."-MARK
16:
19.
JOHN
CENNICK,
1743.
Key
of
F
Minor.
J.
A.
AND
J.
F.
WADE,
1854.
Re-arranged
by
J.
S.
J.,
1909.
1.
{
Je
-
sus,
my
all,
to
heav'n
is
gone,
Save,
might-y
Lord,
He
whom
I
fix
my
hopes
up-on,
Save,
might-y
Lord.
}
O
save,
save,
might-y
Lord,
And
send
con-vert-ing
pow-er
down,
Save
mighty
Lord.
2.
The
way
the
ho
-
ly
prophet
went,
Save,
might-y
Lord,
The
road
that
leads
from
banishment,
Save,
might-y
Lord.
O
save,
save,
might-y
Lord,
And
Send
con-vert-ing
pow-er
down,
Save
mighty
Lord.
3.
The
King's
highway
of
ho
-
li
-
ness,
Save,
might-y
Lord,
I'll
go,
for
all
His
paths
are
peace,
Save,
might-y
Lord.
O
save,
save,
might-y
Lord,
And
send
con-vert-ing
pow-er
down,
Save
mighty
Lord.
John
Cennick
was
born
in
1718
and
died
in
1755.
He
was
an
English
Moravian,
and
published
the
above
words
in
1743,
twelve
years
before
he
died.
The
name
of
the
song
was.
"
O
Save."
We
have
changed
it
to,
"
Save,
Mighty
Lord."
See
remarks
of
him in
other
parts
of
this
books.
J.
A.
and
J.
F.
Wade
lived
in
South
Carolina
when
they
composed
the
above
music.
Several
of
their
songs
appeared
in
"
Social
Harp,"
published
by
John
G.
McCurry,
in
1855.
We
can
obtain
no
further
trace
of
them.
They
were
probably
brothers.
Copyright,
1909,
by
J. S. James.