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PLEYEL'S
HYMN.
7s.
"Men
ought
always
to
pray
and
not
to
faint."
Luke
18.
Key
of
A
Major.
Ignaz
Joseph
Pleyel.
1.
Sin
-
ner
art
thou
still
se
-
cure?
Wilt
thou
still
re-fuse
to
pray
?
Can
thy
heart
or
hands
en
-
dure
In
the
Lord's
a-veng-ing
day?
2.
Lord,
pre-pare
us
by
thy
grace,
Soon
we
must
re-sign
our
breath,
And
our
souls
be
called
to
pass,
Through
the
i
-
ron
gate
of
death.
3.
Let
us
now
our
day
im
-
prove,
Lis
-
ten
to
the
gos-pel
voice;
Seek
the
things
that
are
a
-
bove;
Scorn
the
worlds
pre-tend-ed
joys.
Ignaz
Joseph
Pleyel,
author
of
the
foregoing
music,
was
born
1757
and
died
in
1831
in
Paris.
He
was
the
twenty-fourth
child
of
a
village
school-master.
He com-
menced
the
study
of
music
when
very
young.
He
studied
under
Haydn,
who
often
spoke
of
him
as
his
best
and
dearest
pupil.
He
was
reared
in
Austria,
and
com-
posed
a
great
deal
of
music,
and
stood
high
as
a
musician.
Pleyel's
Hymn
is
one
of
the
old
standard
tunes
in
this
and
many
other
countries,
it
is
in
many
of
the
tune
and
song
books
of
this
country
as
well
as
more
recent
publications.
See
Timbrel
of
Zion
by
Collins
1853,
and
earlier
edition
Boston
Academys
church
music
1836,
and
later
editions
"Music
of
the
Protestant
Episcopal
Church,"
1828,
page
105,
and
many
other
books.
The
words
are
taken
from
Mason's
Zion
Songster
1832,
page
9,
seventh
edition.
AUBURN.
7s.
"Take
ye
heed,
watch
and
pray;
for
ye
know
not
when
the
time
is."
Mark
13-33.
D.
P.
White,
1859.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Pilgrim
burden'd
with
thy
sins,
Haste
to
Zi-on's
gate
to-day;
There,
till
mer
-
cy
lets
thee
in,
Knock,
and
weep,
and
watch
and
pray.
D.
P.
White,
the
author
of
the
above
tune
was
the
son
of
B.
F.
White,
who
was
the
author
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
D.
P.
White
moved
to
Texas
and
married
there.
His
wife
is
also
dead.
He
died
near
Mt.
Saleman,
Texas.
He
composed
several
songs
for
his
father's
book.
See
extended
history
of
him
in
James,
history
of
the
Sacred
Harp,
page
45.
Words
in
this
tune,
were
so
changed
by
Prof.
White
as
to
give
him
the
authorship
of
the
words.