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 Twas god that gave our pious one tis God that takes away twas God that sent his summons down to taste Eternal day the mournful Bell Begins to tole to trace her to the ground Dear Jesus doth possess her soul though we have felt the wound Come ye mourners now and see the place of her abode turn dust to dust and let it be She sleepeth in the Lord Dear Hutchinson is dead and gone and left a memorial and as a child that is newborn she lov'd God's Holy soil Now glory be unto the Lord and blessed be his name Come follow now his holy word until you meet again

Compos'd by Jupiter Hammon A negro belonging to Mr. Joseph Lloyd of Queens Village on Long Island August the 10th 1770

Phebe Townsend