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[Sheet music]

The Chimes of
Lincoln Cathedral.

First Quarter.
[musical notes]

Second Quarter.
[musical notes]

Hour.
[musical notes]

The chimes are set to these words :--
"Lord through this hour
Be Thou my Guide;
So by Thy power
No Step shall slide."

The chimes are taken from the fifth bar in
the opening symphony of Handel's air "I
know that my Redeemer liveth."

The large bell "Great Tom O'Lincoln,"
is the fourth in size of English Church Bells,
those exceeding it being at St. Paul's, Lon-
don, Exeter Cathedral, and Christ Church
Oxford.

It weighs 5 tons 8 cwts.

Circumference at the lip 21 ft. 6 inches.

The note is A.

The hammer which strikes the hour upon
it weights 224 lbs.