[Music]
My soul forsakes her vain delight,
And bids the world farewell,
Base as the dirt beneath thy feet
And mischievous as hell.
No longer will I ask your love,
Nor seek your friendship more;
The happiness that I approve
Is not within your pow'r.
There's nothing round this spacious earth
That suits my soul's desire;
To boundless joy and solid mirth
My nobler thoughts aspire.
O for the pinions of a dove
To mount the heav'nly road;
There shall I share my Savior's love,
There shall I dwell with God.
The tune is ascribed to "Austin", and the words to Watts. Found also,
UH 66, OSH 71, HOC 61, WP 52, TZ 100, MOH 129. The second part of the
tune reminds of the second part of 'When Johnny Comes Marching Home'.
Variants of the melody are 'Jubilee', CHI 62 and REV 355; and 'This Is
the Jubilee', OL 113.
No. 108
THERE IS A REST REMAINS, REV 135
Hexatonic, minorized, cannot be classified (I II 3 IV [IV'] V -- 7
[VII])
[Music]
Lord, I believe a rest remains
To all thy people known;
A rest where pure enjoyment reigns,
And thou art loved alone.
There is a rest remains,
There is a rest remains,
There is a rest remains
For all the people of God.
A rest where all our soul's desire
Is fixed on things above;
Where fear, and sin, and grief expire,
Cast out by perfect love.
O that I now the rest might know,
Believe and enter in;
Now, Savior, now the power bestow,
And let me cease from sin.
Remove this hardness from my heart,
This unbelief remove;
To me the rest of faith impart--
The Sabbath of thy love.
A remarkably close remake of this peculiar song by the negroes is
given in Dett, p. 108, under the title 'Go Down, Moses', where we see
the melodic setting of the above words "To all thy people known" and
"For all the people of God" fitted note for note to "Let thy people
go". The tunes of 'Rejected Lover', Sharp, ii., 96ff., show
similarities.
No. 109
BOURBON, COH 67