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Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: I will both lay me down in peace

[I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: H. R. Palmer Incipit: 55214 35614 43337 Used With Text: I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep

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I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep

Hymnal: Life-Time Hymns #227 (1896) Languages: English Tune Title: [I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep]

I will both lay me down in peace and sleep

Hymnal: The Palm #292 (1870)

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Hymnal: Sing Joyfully #108 (1989) First Line: I will both lay me down in peace

1834 - 1907 Composer of "[I will both lay me down in peace and quiet sleep]" in Life-Time Hymns Palmer, Horatio Richmond, MUS. DOC, was born April 26, 1834. He is the author of several works on the theory of music; and the editor of some musical editions of hymnbooks. To the latter he contributed numerous tunes, some of which have attained to great popularity, and 5 of which are in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, London, 1881. His publications include Songs of Love for the Bible School; and Book of Anthems, the combined sale of which has exceeded one million copies. As a hymnwriter he is known by his "Yield not to temptation," which was written in 1868, and published in the National Sunday School Teachers' Magazine, from which it passed, with music by the author, into his Songs of Love, &c, 1874, and other collections. In America its use is extensive. Dr. Palmer's degree was conferred by the University of Chicago in 1880. -- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907) =============== Palmer, H. R., p. 877, i. The hymn "Would you gain the best in life" (Steadfastness), in the Congregational Sunday School Supplement, 1891, the Council School Hymn Book, 1905, and others, is by this author. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)