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PERFECT SECURITY

Composer: Frank M. Davis

Frank Marion Davis USA 1839-1896. Born at Marcellus, NY, he became a teacher and professor of voice, a choirmaster and a good singer. He traveled extensively, living in Marcellus, NY, Vicksburg, MS, Baltimore, MD, Cincinnati, OH, Burr Oak and Findley, MI. He compiled and published several song books: “New Pearls of Song” (1877), “Notes of Praise” (1890), “Crown of gold” (1892), “Always welcome” (1881), “Songs of love and praise #5” (1898), “Notes of praise”, and “Brightest glory”. He never married. John Perry Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: PERFECT SECURITY
Composer: Frank M. Davis
Meter: 8.8.8.8
Incipit: 51355 65351 32212
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Unless the Lord the House Shall Build

Where'er the Patriarch pitched his tent

Where'er the Patriarch pitch'd his tent,
He built an altar to his God,
And sanctified, where'er he went,
With faith and prayer, the ground he trod.

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The Man Who Once Has Found Abode

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Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #197

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