The Story of the Hymns and Tunes, page 179 by Theron Brown
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"AWAKE, MY SOUL, TO JOYFUL LAYS."
This glad hymn of Samuel Medley is his thanksgiving song, written soon after his conversion. In the places of rural worship no lay of Christian praise and gratitude was ever more heartily sung than this at the testimony meetings.
Awake, my soul, to joyful lays, And sing thy great Redeemer's praise; He justly claims a song from me: His loving-kindness, oh, how free! Loving-kindness, loving-kindness, His loving-kindness, oh, how free!
THE TUNE,
With its queer curvet in every second line, had no other name than "Loving-Kindness," and was probably a camp-meeting melody in use for some time before its publication. It is found in Leavitt's Christian Lyre as early as 1830. The name "William Caldwell" is all that is known of its composer, though he is supposed to have lived in Tennessee.
"THE LORD INTO HIS GARDEN COMES."
Was a common old-time piece sure to be heard at every religious rally, and every one present, saint and sinner, had it by heart, or at least the chorus of it--
Amen, amen, my soul replies, I'm bound to meet you in the skies, And claim my mansion there, etc.
The anonymous[24] "Garden Hymn, as old, at least, as 1800," has nearly passed out of reach, except by the long arm of the antiquary; but it served its generation.
[Footnote 24: A "Rev." Mr. Campbell, author of "The Glorious Light of Zion," "There is a Holy City," and "There is a Land of Pleasure," has been sometimes credited with the origin of the Garden Hymn.]
Its vigorous tune is credited to Jeremiah Ingalls (1764-1838).
The Lord into His garden comes; The spices yield a rich perfume, The lilies grow and thrive, The lilies grow and thrive. Refreshing showers of grace divine From Jesus flow to every vine, Which makes the dead revive, Which makes the dead revive.
"THE CHARIOT! THE CHARIOT!"
Henry Hart Milman, generally known as Dean Milman, was born in 1791, and was educ