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14. Missionary's Farewell

Text Information
First Line: In the deserts let me labor
Title: Missionary's Farewell
Author: Samuel Francis Smith (1832)
Meter: 8, 7, 4
Publication Date: 2012
Tune Information
Name: MISSIONARY'S FAREWELL
Arranger: William Hauser (1848)
Arranger: D. L. Hunter
Meter: 8, 7, 4
Incipit: 16213 23161 21665
Key: A Major
Source: HH 285



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