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| Text: | When softly falls the twilight hour |
| Author: | F. E. Belden |
| Tune: | BRADBURY |
| Composer: | F. E. Belden |
1 When softly falls the twilight hour
O'er moor and mountain, field and flower,
How sweet to leave a world of care,
And lift to heav'n the voice of prayer!
2 In solemn midnight's silence deep,
When Nature's voice is hushed in sleep,
Then heavy hearts with grief oppressed
May find in prayer the sweetest rest.
3 And when with reddening blush of morn
The new-born day begins to dawn,
Then upward to the mercy-seat
Let prayer ascend like incense sweet.
4 When mid-day's burning heat we feel,
When daily cares our hearts would steal,
O, then to heaven we look away,
And find in prayer our surest stay.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | When softly falls the twilight hour |
| Author: | F. E. Belden |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | Christian Experience: Meditation and Prayer |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BRADBURY |
| Composer: | F. E. Belden |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | E♭ Major |
| Notes: | Alternate tunes: #624, 301, or 431. |
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