Letter from James Montgomery
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line 1: Heaven in Prospect
line 2: Palm of glory, raiment bright,
line 3: Crowns that never fade away,
line 4: Gird and deck the Saints in light;
line 5: Priests and Kings and Conquerors they.
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line 7: Yet the Conquerors bring their palms
line 8: To the Lamb amidst the throne;
line 9: And proclaim in joyful psalms
line 10: Victory through his cross alone.
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line 12: Kings their crowns for harps resign,
line 13: Crying, as they strike the chords,
line 14: "Take the kingdom, - it is thine,
line 15: King of Kings and Lord of Lords."
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line 17: Round the altar, Priests confess,
line 18: If their robes are white as snow,
line 19: Twas the Saviour's righteousness,
line 20: And his blood, that made them so.
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line 22: Who were these? – On earth they dwell,
line 23: Sinners once of Adam's race,
line 24: Guilt and fear, and suffering felt,
line 25: But were saved from all by grace.
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line 27: They were mortal too like us;
line 28: Ah! when we like them shall die,
line 29: May our souls translated thus
line 30: Triumph, reign, and shine on high.
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line 32: Sheffield, Apr 15. 1829. J MontgomeryPage 2
line 1: Sheffield
line 2: Apr 15 1829
line 3: Dear Madam
line 4: It is little more than a week since
line 5: I answered an application from a Gentleman, on
line 6: behalf of the same intended Annual (the Offering)
line 7: with a respectful but -----
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line 9: This line is written sideways.I am respectfully
line 10: Your friend
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line 12: The centre of this letter is cut out and the following is written by Reverend Frederick William Low.The best known of his hymns are the following,
line 13: "For ever with the Lord!"
line 14: "Lord, teach us how to prey aright."
line 15: "Hail to the Lord's Anointed."
line 16: "Songs of praise the Angels sang."
line 17: "Go to dark Gethsemane."
line 18: "Angels, from the realms of glory."
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line 20: Letter returns to original hand.nothing, - since you were willing to accept
line 21: even "a fragment". I send these lines, on the other
line 22: leaf, which you may forward, or retain, as
line 23: you may deem proper, to the Editor, and he may
line 24: even if you approve these, exercise his own independent
line 25: judgements whether they will suit his miscellany.
line 26: I shall not be at all offended if you both reject them, but
line 27: rather pleased, for I am sick of seeing my name advertised so
line 28: often in connection with these works at the peril of the little credit which
line 29: I may possess in the world of letters. You must be responsible for having tempted me to break
line 30: my faith to the gentleman above alluded to, having said "Write not" to him, and dropped the last word to Page 3
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line 3: of Pictures by ancient & modern artists opens next month in Bristol
line 4: gentleman in the vicinity possessing paintings send them thither for
line 5: the auction - amongst others Mr Harvey of Blaine Castle who has
line 6: a small but valuable collection and Mr Smith of Piecefield, are
line 7: expected to contribute to it this year – If Mr Low think it will be of
line 8: any service to him, he shall hear what paintings from the foreign schools
line 9: are in the exhibition, when it has opened
line 10: Jas MontgomeryPage 4
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