--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Stephens, Evan collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 20 number: 5 published: 1917-03 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Evan Stephens, "At Home They Are Praying for Me: Male Chorus," *Improvement Era* 20, no. 5 (March 1917): 431–433.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2005unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2005unse start_page: 431 end_page: 433 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1917-03) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2005unse publication_year: 1917 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1917, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # At Home They Are Praying for Me: Male Chorus At Home They are Praying for Me To the Y. M. M. I. A. Senior Boys. BY EVAN STEPHENS Con moto. Met. > 92. 1st and 2nd Tenor. --A -H 0- * rit= §f!ilg— — Ly ^ y r «i u 1 K t= ;ii When a - far from my home, Among strangers I roam, And the They are praying to - day, And the fond words they saykust asThey are praying for me, And where'er I may be, And whatlst and 2nd Bass. cv.» o —£ ^-fi m — h- r-l f 2—rJt* » • * r ^-H-g —j-n, [, -f— — fa * *-f-u—^— *— h» tri - als of lifeseem se - vere cend to the Fa - ther a - bove ev - er I'm called on to do.... rs tri JL_ =ffi*- als of #£: L -wlife seem se SHHvere, -*^'* k Oft a c«nd to the Fa-ther a bove; For each ev er I'm called on to do, I need sweet cheering thought To my lone heart is brought, As I wish they im - part Goes di rect from the heart, To the not be a - fraid, With that comfort and aid, I can H r N ote —I should have preferred this sung in G flat, but feared it would be difficult for many accompanists in that key. Transpose it, if you can, one-half tone lower. . 432 IMPROVEMENT ERA —k * 6^ —P 1 - Toco rit. :rrr=— y a tempo. yearn for the ab-sent ones dear. And it cheers me from fountains of mercy and love. There are those who can still be vie - tor - ious and true. And with God for a = * ft E=* Ej-D=n -|> qi:£=tt_J L±p — — — _t ^ » *- far As a bright guiding star Cheers the mar-i-ner out on the cheer Often present or near; But precious and dear as they friend, I shall try to the end To en - dure, and still steadfast to -vMar ner pre - - - cious and dure and still ^4p$E^E*=^EfE*jE£= sea 'lis that all is se - cure, I can be., They can help me in naught, Like the be . To the true and the right: I must —• £.M -» — \- yt ^-3%* b* :t=t out on the sea, dear as they be, steadfast to be, AT HOME THEY ARE PRAYING FOR ME 433 Lllit — — 5 5* — — — — i F« •- F# -pp -• s F* -L, — LJ L, Lj v 1 E_l 5 L> l_LJ Bit. e dim. do and en - dure, At home they are praying for. me. comforting thought, At home they are praying for me. win in the fight, At home they are praying for me. *f v-.«: PPZ =U=t=P=t^_^==^=^=:g==Efczz:^=?zy _EzJi=Ei=:: REFRAIN. At borne. •-- F» — 7— HP4 *"— F«St— •u — F#-— »— V-g-. F— Fs*- m— }-* =—F—s*7— — \-0 p h At home they are praying for me, At home they are At home 2— t 1»* J— f| (— lV — I [ L_j l_ 1 -^ £- p. ^ ^v A /\ A J=:S^^rt?i=fJ^=j^J=pS=:S=rj=fi=i:==i=: 6/ praying for me, 1. Yes and all is se - cure, I can 2. They can help me in naught, Like the .3. For the true and the right, I must A SzB|L do and en - dure, At home they are praying for me. sweet cheering thought, At home they are praying for me. win in the fight, At home they are praying for me. . . * f _*£ .Z pp > * a Tnf— . pp= — piir*=« gii *-tf g p. p p. fcni_U 1ajp=: C !l L^, yl lj —C^ L# JJ