Aha! My organist chops finally come in handy! The words are known as 271t Arkansas...
I did a little googling and came up with the following:
http://fasola.org/indexes/1991/?p=271t
http://www.shapenote.net/271ta.htm
The tune in the second link isn't the same as the one listed in the first, but because it's listed as long meter (8,8,8,8), often what would happen is an organist would substitute a tune from another hymn that the congregation already knew with the same metrical pattern.
Most of the links suggested a Baptist connection, so you might be able to find that other hymn tune in a Baptist hymnal (if such things exist....I dunno....)
Hope that helps! :)
Oh, and I thought you might find this of interest too:
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Date: 2007-06-23 01:44 am (UTC)I did a little googling and came up with the following:
http://fasola.org/indexes/1991/?p=271t
http://www.shapenote.net/271ta.htm
The tune in the second link isn't the same as the one listed in the first, but because it's listed as long meter (8,8,8,8), often what would happen is an organist would substitute a tune from another hymn that the congregation already knew with the same metrical pattern.
Most of the links suggested a Baptist connection, so you might be able to find that other hymn tune in a Baptist hymnal (if such things exist....I dunno....)
Hope that helps! :)
Oh, and I thought you might find this of interest too:
http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0886-2192(1975)11%3C106%3ABMAHHI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3