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VALE
OF
SORROW.
P.
M.
"
For
we
are
saved
by
hope."-ROM.
8
:
24.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Published
in
1769.
{
While
in
this
vale
of
sorrow
I
travel
on
in
pain;
My
heart is
fixed on
Jesus,
I
hope
the
prize
to
gain.
}
But
when
I
come
to
bid
adleu
To
those
I
dearly
love,
My heart
is
often
melted-It
is
the
grief
of
love.
This
is
old
tune,
first
published
in
1769,
has
been
printed
in
many
tune
books
since
then.
The
hymn
is
taken
from
Romans
8:
24.
BRUNSWICK.
C.
M.
"
Strive
together
with
me
in
your
prayers
to
God."-ROM.
15
:
30.
Key
of
A
Minor.
Taken
from
PHLLSBURY,
1790.
To
thee,
O
God,
my
cries
as
-
cend;
O
haste
to
my
re
-
lief,
And
with
ac
-
cus-tomed
pi
-
ty
hear
The
ac-cents
of
my
grief.
The
above
tune
was
taken
from
Pillsbury's
publications
in
1790.
The
words
have
been
in
many
song
books
since
then.
"
Pillsbury
"
is
understood
to
be
a
large
hymn
and
note
book,
and
is
supposed
to
have
been
written
by
Mr.
Pillsbury.
See
James'
"
History
of
Sacred
Harp,"
page
22.