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217 Ballstown
Tune:
Nehemiah Shumway
, 1809
Words:
Isaac Watts
, 1707
Meter:
Long Meter (8,8,8,8)
Great
God,
attend,
while
Zion
sings
The
joy
that
from
Thy
presence
springs;
To
spend
one
more
day
with
Thee
on
earth,
Exceeds
a
thousand
days
of
mirth.