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Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell/And Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell/
TRaditional/Public Domain Gospel;
ARTIST: Hurley and Evane Smith
SHEET MUSIC:
LISTEN: http://www.aca-dla.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/Berea&CISOBOX1=Hymn
DATE: 1836
CATEGORY: Traditional and Public Domain Gospel
RECORDING INFO: Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell
Blessed Hope Old Regular Baptist church, Liberty, Kentucky
http://www.oldregular.com/
Hurley and Evane Smith- Digital Library of Appalachia (Lined-out hymns): 10. Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell; Lined-out hymn sung by Hurley and Evane Smith and others. Recorded in Breathitt County Kentucky by William Tallmadge 7-04-68.
OTHER NAMES: "And Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell,"
"Farewell My Dear Brethren, I Bid You Farewell"
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SOURCES: Meade
NOTES: "Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell" or "And Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell" is a traditional parting hymn from the 1800s. The first version I found is William Dossey 1836 "The Minster's Farewell" or "And Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell" (SS p. 34; GOS) Harris (?) SBH.
A slightly different version is found in Revival and Camp Meeting Minstrel from 1867 titled "Farewell My Dear Brethren, I Bid You Farewell."
"Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell" was in the repertoire of Raccoon John Smith- frontier Kentucky's most famous preacher as well as John Thompson, an African-American slave (see his version below) under the title "Farewell My Dear Brethren, I Bid You Farewell."
Two version can be heard online:
Digital Library of Appalachia (Lined-out hymns): 10. Come Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell; Lined-out hymn sung by Hurley and Evane Smith and others. Recorded in Breathitt County Kentucky by William Tallmadge 7-04-68.
Blessed Hope Old Regular Baptist church, Liberty, Kentucky
http://www.oldregular.com/
And Now My Dear Brethren I Bid You Farewell- 146. The Minister's Farewell- The Choice: in two parts, designed for public and private worship By William Dossey 1836
AND now, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell,
For I m going to travel, giad tidings to tell,
I m gomg to travel this wilderness through,
Therefore, my dear brethren, I bid you adieu
2. May heaven protect you, be Jesus your guide,
On the walls of fair Zion may we still abide;
Though we live at a distance, and you I ne'er see,
On th' bonks of cold Jordan acquainted we'll be.
3. There all things are plenty, like Eden in bloom,
To those blissful mansions no sorrow can come,
No sin or temptation shall enter that place,
But there we shall join in a song of free grace.
4. Farewell to all sorrow, temptation and pain,
I'm going to Jesus, for ever to reign;
I'm going to Jesus, 'tis him I adore,
With saints and bright angels to dwell evermore.
5. Live near to the Saviour, be fervent in prayer,
And while I am absent remember me there;
That Jesus his gospel would crown with success,
And my poor exertions to thousands would bless.
6. And when we meet Jesus in the mansions above,
Where saints and bright seraphs are fill'd with his love,
O, then, I shall look for these mourners now here,
How glad we shall be to meet each other there !
Farewell My Dear Brethren, I Bid You Farewell-Life of John Thompson by John Thompson- 1856
On the night on which they intended to start, accompanied by several of their fellow slaves, they repaired to an open lot of ground. Others, prompted by curiosity, followed, until quite a large concourse was assembled. Here they knelt in prayer to the great God of Heaven and Earth, invoking Him to guard them through every troublesome scene of this life, and go with them to their journey's end. Afterwards they sang a parting hymn, bidding their companions no other farewell, the hymn being exactly appropriate to the occasion. It was one of the old camp-meeting songs :—
" Farewell my dear brethren, I bid you farewell!
I am going to travel the way to excel;
I am going to travel the wilderness through,
Therefore, my dear brethren, I bid you adieu!
The thought of our parting doth cause me to grieve,
So well do I love yeu; still you I must leave ;
Though we live at a distance, and you I no more see,
On the banks of old Canaan united we will be."
Farewell My Dear Brethren, I Bid You Farewell 387 PM Revival and Camp Meeting Minstrel: 1867 -
FAREWELL, my dear brethren, I bid you farewell,
I'm going to travel the way to excel;
I'm going to travel the wilderness through,
Therefore, my dear brethren, I. bid you adieu.
2 The thoughts of our parting doth cause me to grieve,
So well do I love you, but you I must leave;
My Jesus commands, and I must obey,
Therefore, my dear brethren, don't grieve after me.
3 May heaven protect you, be Jesus your guide,
On the walls of our Zion may you ever abide;
Though we live at a distance, and you I ne'er see,
On the banks of sweet Canaan acquainted we'll be.
4 There all things are plenty, and the leaves growing green,
And the parting of Christians no more to be seen;
No sorrow, no trouble shall enter that place,
But there we shall join in a song of free grace.
5 And when we meet Jesus in the mansion above,
Where saints and bright angels are feasting on love,
0 then we shall look for each mourner that's here,
How glad we shall be to meet each other there!
6 Farewell to all sorrows, temptation, and pain,
I'm going where Jesus forever doth reign;
I'm going to Jesus, his goodness to prove,
Where saints and bright angels are feasting on love.
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