Text: | My God, is any hour so sweet |
Author: | Charlotte Elliott (Mrs. Tonna), 1789-1871 |
Tune: | SUNSET |
Composer: | Sir J. Barnby, 1836-1896 |
1 My God, is any hour so sweet,
From blush of morn to evening-star,
As that which calls me to Thy feet,
The hour of prayer!
2 Blest is that tranquil hour of morn,
And blest that solemn hour of eve,
When, on the wings of prayer upborne,
The world I leave.
3 Then is my strength by Thee renewed;
Then are my sins by Thee forgiven;
Then dost Thou cheer my solitude
With hopes of heaven.
4 No words can tell what sweet relief
Here for my every want I find;
What strength for warfare, balm for grief,
What peace of mind.
5 Hushed is each doubt, gone every fear;
My spirit seems in heaven to stay;
And e'en the penitential tear
Is wiped away.
6 Lord, till I reach that blissful shore,
No privilege so dear shall be,
As thus my inmost soul to pour
In prayer to Thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | My God, is any hour so sweet |
Author: | Charlotte Elliott (Mrs. Tonna), 1789-1871 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1917 |
Topic: | Prayer: Hour of; The Church and the Kingdom of God: Morning; Morning: Hymns for(1 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | SUNSET |
Composer: | Sir J. Barnby, 1836-1896 |
Meter: | 8.8.8.4 |
Key: | E♭ Major |