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Appears in 6 hymnals First Line: Pray, brethren, pray! Refrain First Line: A few more days in sorrow Lyrics: 1 Pray, brethren, pray! The prayer of faith availeth; Pray, brethren, pray! On God your spirits stay. Chorus: A few more days in sorrow, And the Lord will call us home, To walk the golden streets Of the New Jerusalem. 2 Sing, brethren, sing! Rejoice with joy and gladness; Sing, brethren, sing! Your songs of triumph bring. [Chorus] 3 Rise, brethren, rise! Your souls by faith ascending; Rise, brethren, rise! Your home is in the skies. [Chorus] 4 Home, brethren, home! That home is pure and holy; Home, brethren, home! No evil there can come. [Chorus] 5 Come, brethren, come! We'll travel on together; Come, brethren, come! We're on our journey home. [Chorus] 6 Come, sinner, too! Christ came to save poor sinners; Come, sinner, too! The message is to you. Chorus: Oh wait not for to-morrow! For to-morrow may not come; Repent, and come with us To the New Jerusalem. Used With Tune: "PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY"

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BRETHREN PRAY

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. A. Wade Used With Text: BRETHREN PRAY

"PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY"

Appears in 2 hymnals Tune Key: F Major or modal Incipit: 56715 17655 15671 Used With Text: "Pray, brethren, pray"

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Pray, brethren, pray, the prayer of faith availeth

Author: William Hunter Hymnal: The Sacred Harp #167 (1991) Languages: English Tune Title: PRAY, BRETHREN, PRAY

BRETHREN PRAY

Hymnal: The Social Harp #80 (1973) First Line: Pray, brethren, pray, The prayer of faith availeth Tune Title: BRETHREN PRAY

Pray brethren pray, the prayer of faith

Author: William Hunter Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist (Numeral ed.) 10th ed., 1st rev. ed. #d307 (1851)

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J. A. Wade

Composer of "BRETHREN PRAY" in The Social Harp Lived in South Carolina

William Hunter

1811 - 1877 Author of "Pray, brethren, pray, the prayer of faith availeth" in The Sacred Harp Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :— 1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c. 2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c. 3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections. 4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859 5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)