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GANGES.
8,
8,
6.
SAMSON
OCCUNE,
1760.
Key
of
D
Major.
"Even
Sinai
itself
was
moved
at
the
presence
of
God."-Ps.
68:
8.
(Copied
as
it
is
generally
sung.)
1.
Awaked
by
Sinai's
awful
sound,
My
soul
in
guilt
and
thrall
I
found,
O'erwhelmed
with
sin,
with
anguish
slain,
Or
sink
in
endless
woe.
And
knew
not
where
to
go;
The
sinner
must
be
born
again,
2.
Amazed
I
stood
but
could
not
tell
Which
way
to
shun
the
gates
of
hell,
I
strove,
indeed,
but
strove
in
vain;
Still
sounded
in
my
ear.
For
death
and
hell
drew
near;
"The
sinner
must
be
born
again"
This
hymn
was
written
by
a
converted
Indian,
Occune,
sometimes
spelled
Ochhun
and
Occone.
He
was
converted
under
the
preaching
of
Whitfield,
in
America,
and
afterward
became
a
useful
minister
of
the
gospel.
In
England,
in
1766,
a
fund
was
raised
for
the
Indians
on
account
of
this
conversion.
Occune
was
the
first
Indian
preacher
ever
known
to
the
English
speaking
people.
This
hymn
is
now
used
the
world
over.
The
tune
is
an
old
one,
and
was
published
in
America
in
the
early
tune
books,
but
its
author
is
unknown.
FUNERAL
HYMN.
7s.
(Original.)
4
Thes.
4-14.
Key
of
A
Major.
R.
F.
M.
MANN,
1869.
1.
Clay
to
clay
and
dust
to
dust,
Let
them
mingle,
for
they
must;
Give
to
earth
the
earthly
clod,
For
the
spirit's
fled
to
God.
Glory,
glory,
praise
the
Lord
on
high.
CHORUS.
R.
F.
M.
Mann
is
the
author
of
the
above
tune.
He
was
said
to
have
had
a
very
strong
voice,
was
a
good
singer
and
a
music
teacher.
He
was
a
Georgian,
living
near
Milledgeville,
where
he
died
several
years
ago,
diseased
in
body
and
mind.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Methodist
church,
also
a
member
of
the
Southern
and
Chattahoochee
Musical
Conventions,
and
was
highly
respected
by
all
who
knew
him.
He
has
17
tunes
credited
to
him
in
"
Sacred
Harp."