Elisha J. King was the co-compiler (with B. F. White) of the fasola shape note tunebook The Sacred Harp, but died shortly after the volume was published. Go to person page >
Composer (alto): Minnie Floyd
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A story most lovely I'll tell,
Of Jesus (O wondrous surprise!)
He suffered the torments of hell,
That sinners, vile sinners might rise:
He left his exalted abode,
When man by transgression was lost;
Appeasing the wrath of a God,
He shed forth his blood as the cost.