  [Sung at the Dedication of the Jefferson Davis Memorial Church, Fairview, Kentucky, November 21, 1886.] Inscription on a marble tablet in the wall of the church: Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, was born June 3, 1808, on the site of this church. He made a gift of the lot March 10, 1886, to the Bethel Baptist Church, as a thank-offering to the Lord. Jesus, to thy great name we raise A house of penitence and praise, A beacon for the wanderers’ bark, To guide it home through storm and dark. Here shall ambition’s fever cease, Sin’s wretched slaves find sweet release, And washed in Jordan’s cleansing wave Rise from the Christian’s mystic grave. Hence bid our earth-born cares depart, Heal every aching, bleeding heart, Dispel the clouds of doubt and dread And feed us with thy living Bread. Father, Redeemer, Guide and Friend, Go with us to our Journey’s end, Until we hail in Paradise The nobler Bethel of the skies. |
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