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SYMPHONY.
P.M.
"For
the
hour
of
his
judgement
has
come,
and
worship
him
that
made heaven,
and
earth,
and
sea."
-REV.
14:
7.
Key
of
E
Flat
Major.
R.
D.
MUNSON,
1810.
Be-hold
the
Judge
descends,his
guards
are
nigh;Tempests
and
fire
attend
him
down
the
sky;
Heav'n,earth,and
hell
draw
near,let
all
things
come
To
hear
his
jus-tice,
and
the
sinner's
doom;
But
gath
- er
first
my
saints,
the
Judge
commands,
Bring
them,
ye an
-
-
gels,
from
their
distant
lands.
"Symphony"
is
one
of
the
oldest
American
tunes.
It
occurs
in
quite
a
number
of
the
early
song
books.
See
"Missouri
Harmony,"
page
84.
It
has
also
been
in
the
"Sacred
Harp"
in
each
Revision
of
it
since
1844.
This
tune
is
on
page
40
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music"
by
John
Wyeth
in
1810,
and
it
may
be
possible
in
other
books
of
earlier
date.
R.
D.
Munsion
must
have
composed
this
tune
about
1810.
It
appears
credited
to
him
in
John
Wyeth's
"Repository
of
Sacred
Music,"
which
song
book
first
publised
1810.
Munsion
was
of
Williston,
Vermont.
He
constructed
a
wonderful
musical
calendar
clock.
It
was
an
eight
day
time
keeper,
besides
being
a
day,
hour,
minute
and
weather
indicator.
It
had
a
cylinder
attachment
in
which
it
played
a
number
of
tunes.
Its
author
has
been
dead
several
years.