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THE
CHURCH'S
DESOLATION.
8s
7s.
"And
great
fear
came
upon
all
the
church,
and
upon
as
many
as
heard
these
things."-ACTS
6:
11.
Key
of
B
Flat
Major.
J.
T.
WHITE,
1844.
1.
{
Well
may
thy
serv
-
ants
mourn,
my
God,
The
Church's
des
-
o
-
la
-
tion;
The
state
of
Zi
-
on
calls
a
-
loud
For
grief
and
lam
-
en
-
ta
-
tion. } Once
she
was
a11
a -
live
to
Thee
2. { And
has
re
-
lig
-
ion
left
the
Church
With
-
out
a
trace
be
-
hind
her?
Where
shall
I
go,
where
shall
I
search,
That
I
once
more
may
find
her.
}
A
-
dieu,
ye
proud,
ye
light
and
gay,
3.
{
Some
few,
like
good
E
-
li
-
jah,
stand,
While
thou-sands
have
re
-
volt
-
ed,
In
ear - nest
for
the
heav'n - ly
land
They
nev
-
er
yet
have
halt
-
ed.
With
such
re
- lig
- ion
doth
re
- main,
And
thou-sands
were
con
-
vert
-
ed,
But
now
a
sad
re
-
verse
we
see,
Her
glo
-
ry
is
de
-
part
-
ed.
I'll
seek
the
bro
-
-ken
heart
-
ed,
Who
weep
when
they
of
Zi
-
on
say,
Her
glo
-
ry
is
de
-
part
-
ed.
For
they
are
not
per
-
vert
-
ed;
O
may
they
all
through
men
re
-
gain
The
glo
-
ry
that's
de
-
part
-
ed.
See
remarks
about
J.
T.
White,
the
author
of
this
tune,
on
other
pages
of
these
sketches.
We
have
been
unable
to
find
the
name
of
the
author
of
the
words.
While
they
appear
in
the
earliest
song
books
in
the
United
States,
none
of
them,
so
far
as
we
could
find,
has
given
the
author
of
the
hymn
nor
the
date
of
its
composition.