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CUSSETA.
L.
M.
"Create
in
me
a
clean
heart,
O
God
;
and
renew
a
right
spirit
within
me."-Ps. 51:
10.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1709.
Key
of
B.
Psalmist,
hymn
484.
JOHN
MASSENGALE.
Alto
by
S.
M.
DENSON,
1911.
1.
Show
pit-y,
Lord;
O
Lord,
for-give;
Let
a
re-pent
-
ing
reb
-
el
live:
Are
not
Thy
mer-cies
large
and
free?
May
not
a
sin
-
ner
trust
in
Thee
?
Thee?
2. My
crimes,
though
great,
cannot
surpass
The
power
and
glory
of
Thy
grace;
Great
God,Thy
nature
hath
no
bound;
So
let
Thy
pardoning
love
be
found.
3.
Y
et
save
a
trembling
sinner,
Lord,Whose
hope
still
hov'ring
round
Thy
word,Would
light
on
some
sweet
promise
there,Some
sure
support
against
despair.
Prof.
John
Massengale,
sometime
between
1840
and
1844,
wrote
the
melody
of
the
above
tune,
and
composed
many
sacred
songs
in
the
"Sacred
Harp"
and
other
books.
He
was
a
Georgian.
See
remarks
about
Isaac
Watts
on
other
pages
of
this
book.
ARLINGTON.
C.
M.
"
Whosoever
therefore
shall
be
ashamed
of
me
and
of
my
words,
...
of
him
also
shall
the
Son
of
man
be
ashamed,
when
he
cometh
into
the
glory
of
his
Father
with
the
holy
angels."-MARK
8:38.
ISAAC
WATTS,
1720.
Key
of
G
Major.
THOMAS
A.
ARNE,
1762.
1.
I'm
not
a-shamed
to
own
my
Lord
Or
to
de-fend
His
cause;
Main
-
tain
the
hon -
or
of
His
word,
The
glo - ry
of
His
cross.
2.
Je - sus
my
God!
I
know
His
name;
His
name
is
all
my
trust;
Nor
will
He
put
my
soul
to
shame,
Nor
let
my
hope
be
lost.
Dr.
Thomas
Augustine
Arne composed
"
Arlington."
He
was
born
in
London
in
1710,
and
attended
Eton
college.
Although
intended
for
the
legal
profession,
he
gave
his
whole
time
to
music.
When
23
years
old
he
began
to
write
opera
for
his
sister
Susanna,
who
became
a
great
favorite
among
the
English
people.
He
was
engaged
as
a
composer
in
1759
when
he
received
from
Oxford
his
degree
of
Doctor
of
Music.
Later
in
life
he
turned
his
attention
to
oratorio
and
other
forms
of
sacred
music.
He
was
the
first
to
introduce
female
voices
in
choir
singing.
He
died
in
1778,
chanting
hallelujahs,
it
is
said,
with
his
last
breath.
The
tune,
"Arlington,"
derives
its
name
from
a
Boston
street,
and
the
beautiful
chimes
of
Arlington
street
church
(Unitarian)
rings
its
music
on
special
occasions,
as
it
has
since
the
bells
were
tuned.
"
Arlington
"
was
the
favorite
tune
for
the
above
hymn.
It
is
one
of
the
oldest
tunes
in
the
United
States.
It
has
been
copied
in
most
books
since
1762.
See
"Southern
Harmony,"
1835,
page
285,
by
Walker;
"
Missouri
Harmony,"
1837,
page
71.