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ASSURANCE.
C.
M.
"
The
ransomed
of
the
Lord
shall
return
and
come
to
Zion
with
songs
and
everlasting
joy
upon
their
heads."-ISA.
35:
10.
Key
of
A
Major.
WILLIAM
BILLINGS,
1779.
Now
shall
my
soul
be
lift
-
ed
high,
be
lift
-
ed
high,
A-bove
my
foes
a
-
round,
Now
shall
my
soul
be
lift
-
ed
high,
be
lift
-
ed,
high,
A
-
bove
my
foes
a
-
round,
Now
shall
my
soul
be
lift
-
ed
high
A
-
bove
my
foes
a
-
round,
And
songs
of
joy
and
And
songs
of
joy
and
viC
-
to
-
ry
With-in
Thy
tem -
ple
found,
With
-
in
Thy
tem
-
ple
found.
And
songs
of
joy
and
vic
-
to
-
ry
With-in
Thy
tem
-
ple
found,
With
-
in
Thy
tem
-
ple
found.
vic
-
to
-
ry
With - in
Thy tem
-
ple
found,
found,
found,
With-in
Thy
tem
-
ple
found.
The
words
in
the
above
piece
of
music
are
taken
from
Revelation
14:
13.
William
Billings
was
born
in
Boston
in
1746
and
died
there
in
1800.
He
was
buried
in
the
old
Granary
burying
ground
in
the
city
of
his
birth.
He
was
self-taught
in
music.
He
was
criticised
by
many
musicians
and
music
writers,
and
while
he
did
not
believe
so
much
in
rules,
he
wrote
some
very
fine
music.
His
first
book
was,
"
New
England
Psalm,"
the
next
was
called
"
Billings'
Best."
He
published
several
other
books
and
wrote
and
composed
many
national
tunes
that
stirred
the
people
of
the
United
States.
Many
of
his
tunes
still
remain
in
the
note
and
hymn
books
of
the
different
churches.
"Easter
Anthems,"
"Heavenly
Vision,"
"Rose
of
Sharon,"
and
many
other
anthems,
known
to
many
people
of
the
South,
were
composed
by
him.
We
could
find
no
trace
of
the
words
of
this
tune.
It
was
published
by
Billings
in
some
of
his
volumes,
but
no author
of
them
is
stated.