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ECSTASY.
7S
&
6s.
"
And
I
said,
Oh
that
I
had
wings
like
a
dove!
for
then
would
I
fly
away,
and
be
at
rest."-Ps.
55:
6.
JOHN
LELAND.
Key
of
E
Minor.
T.
W.
CARTER,
about
1844.
1.
Oh
when
shall
I
see
Je
-
sus,
And
reign
with
him
a
-
bove?
And
from
the
flow
-
ing
foun-tain,
Drink
ev
-
er-last-
ing
love
?
2.
When-e'er
you
meet
with
trou
-
bles
And
tri
-
als
on
your
way,
Then
cast
your
care
on
Je
-
sus
and
don't
for-get
to
pray,
3.
Gird
on
the
gos
-
pel
ar
-
mour
Of
faith,
and
hope,
and
love,
And
when
the
com
-
bat's
end
-
ed,
He'll
car
-
ry
you
a
-
bove.
4.
O
do
not
be
dis
-
cour
-
aged,
For
Je
-
sus
is
your
Friend;
And
if
you
lack
for
knowl-edge
He'll
not
re-fuse
to
lend.
5.
Neith
-
er
will
He
up
-
braid
you,
Though
of
-
ten
you
re
-
quest;
He'll
give
you
grace
to
con
-
quer,
And
take
you
home
to
rest.
CHORUS.
O had
I
wings
I
would
fly
a
-
way
and
be
at
rest,
And
I'd
praise
God
in
his
bright
a
-
bode.
O had
I
wings
I
would
fly
a
-
way
and
be
at
rest,
And
I'd
praise
God
in
his
bright
a
-
bode.
The
original
hymn
was
written
by
Rev.
John
Leland,
who
was
born
in
1754 and
died
in
1844.
He
was
a
Baptist
minister,
and
was
a
great
friend
of
President
Thomas
Jefferson.
He
wrote
his
own
hymns,
and
did
not
use
those
of
other
composers.
He
was
popular
among
his
people,
but
had
many
peculiarities.
Further
notice
of
him
appears
under
the
tune
"Bound
for
Canaan."
But
little
is
known
of
Prof.
Thomas
W.
Carter
outside
of
the
music
credited
to
him
in
"Sacred
Harp."
"Ecstasy"
is
supposed
to
have
been
composed
by
him
some
time
before
the
first
revision
of
"
Sacred
Harp
"
in
1844
or
1845.
He
is
credited
in
that
book
of
composing
"Agusta,
"
"Florence,"
"
"Exhilaration,
"
"Banquet
of
Mercy,"
"
The
Old
Ship
of
Zion,"
"
Little
Children,"
and
"
Ecstasy."
He
was
a
member
of
both
the
Southern
and
Chattahoochee
Musical
Conven-
tions
from
the
time
of
their
organization
until
after
the
war.
We
have
been
unable
to
learn
the
place
of
his
birth
or
death,
or
secure
a
sketch
of
his
life.