sentences:  The first two lines of this poem are nearly the same as a hymn written by Caleb J. Taylor, published in 1804; this hymn is used as the basis for the song Imandra by Ananias Davisson in the "Supplement to the Kentucky Harmony" in 1820, reprinted in "Southern Harmony" in 1835.There are other similarities between Featherston's poem and camp-meeting songs published in the 1820s onward.In 1876 Adoniram Gordon added music to Featherston's poem.