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The Story of the Hymns and Tunes by Theron Brown;Hezekiah Butterworth
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mortifying mistake. He took the humiliation so much to heart that he
brooded over it till he died, in Rome, Jan. 18, 1717.

For revival meetings the modern tune set to "Come we that love the
Lord," by Robert Lowry, should be mentioned. A shouting chorus is
appended to it, but it has melody and plenty of stimulating motion.

The Rev. Robert Lowry was born in Philadelphia, March 12, 1826, and
educated at Lewisburg, Pa. From his 28th year till his death, 1899, he
was a faithful and successful minister of Christ, but is more widely
known as a composer of sacred music.


"BE THOU EXALTED, O MY GOD."

In this hymn the thought of Watts touches the eternal summits. Taken
from the 57th and 108th Psalms--

Be Thou exalted, O my God,
Above the heavens where angels dwell;
Thy power on earth be known abroad
And land to land Thy wonders tell.

* * * * *

High o'er the earth His mercy reigns,
And reaches to the utmost sky;
His truth to endless years remains
When lower worlds dissolve and die.

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