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Author: W. W. Walford Meter: 8.8.8.8 D Appears in 1,291 hymnals Hymnal Title: Calvin Hymnary Project First Line: Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer Lyrics: 1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! that calls me from a world of care, and bids me at my Father's throne make all my wants and wishes known. In seasons of distress and grief, my soul has often found relief, and oft escaped the tempter's snare by thy return, sweet hour of prayer! 2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! the joys I feel, the bliss I share of those whose anxious spirits burn with strong desires for thy return! With such I hasten to the place where God my Savior shows his face, and gladly take my station there, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! 3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! thy wings shall my petition bear to him whose truth and faithfulness engage the waiting soul to bless. And since he bids me seek his face, believe his word, and trust his grace, I'll cast on him my every care, and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer! United Methodist Hymnal, 1989 Topics: Intercession; Prayer Hymns about; liturgical Prayer Songs

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[Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer]

Appears in 4 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: Crowning Day No. 5 Incipit: 55561 76555 51171 Used With Text: Sweet Hour of Prayer

[Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: D. E. Dortch Hymnal Title: Dortch's Gospel Voices No. 1 Incipit: 32315 45356 71231 Used With Text: Sweet Hour of Prayer

[Sweet hour of pray'r, sweet hour of pray'r]

Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: J. F. King Hymnal Title: Manly Praise Incipit: 56713 21757 12765 Used With Text: Sweet Hour of Prayer

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Sweet Hour of Prayer

Author: W. W. Walford Hymnal: 112 Familiar Hymns and Gospel Songs #60 (1945) Hymnal Title: 112 Familiar Hymns and Gospel Songs First Line: Sweet hour of pray'r! sweet hour of pray'r! Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet hour of pray'r! sweet hour of pray'r!]

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Author: W. W. Walford Hymnal: 20th Century Gospel Songs #48 (1957) Hymnal Title: 20th Century Gospel Songs First Line: Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer]

Sweet Hour of Prayer

Author: W. W. Walford Hymnal: A Book of Song and Service #22 (1905) Hymnal Title: A Book of Song and Service First Line: Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer! Topics: Worship and Prayer Languages: English Tune Title: [Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!]

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William B. Bradbury

1816 - 1868 Person Name: W. B. B. Hymnal Title: A. M. E. C. Hymnal Author of "Sweet Hour of Prayer" in A. M. E. C. Hymnal William Bachelder Bradbury USA 1816-1868. Born at York, ME, he was raised on his father's farm, with rainy days spent in a shoe-shop, the custom in those days. He loved music and spent spare hours practicing any music he could find. In 1830 the family moved to Boston, where he first saw and heard an organ and piano, and other instruments. He became an organist at 15. He attended Dr. Lowell Mason's singing classes, and later sang in the Bowdoin Street church choir. Dr. Mason became a good friend. He made $100/yr playing the organ, and was still in Dr. Mason's choir. Dr. Mason gave him a chance to teach singing in Machias, ME, which he accepted. He returned to Boston the following year to marry Adra Esther Fessenden in 1838, then relocated to Saint John, New Brunswick. Where his efforts were not much appreciated, so he returned to Boston. He was offered charge of music and organ at the First Baptist Church of Brooklyn. That led to similar work at the Baptist Tabernacle, New York City, where he also started a singing class. That started singing schools in various parts of the city, and eventually resulted in music festivals, held at the Broadway Tabernacle, a prominent city event. He conducted a 1000 children choir there, which resulted in music being taught as regular study in public schools of the city. He began writing music and publishing it. In 1847 he went with his wife to Europe to study with some of the music masters in London and also Germany. He attended Mendelssohn funeral while there. He went to Switzerland before returning to the states, and upon returning, commenced teaching, conducting conventions, composing, and editing music books. In 1851, with his brother, Edward, he began manufacturring Bradbury pianos, which became popular. Also, he had a small office in one of his warehouses in New York and often went there to spend time in private devotions. As a professor, he edited 59 books of sacred and secular music, much of which he wrote. He attended the Presbyterian church in Bloomfield, NJ, for many years later in life. He contracted tuberculosis the last two years of his life. John Perry

Jacob Henry Hall

1855 - 1941 Person Name: J. H. Hall Hymnal Title: Crowning Day No. 5 Composer of "[Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer]" in Crowning Day No. 5 Jacob Henry Hall, 1855-1941 Born: January 2, 1855, near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Died: December 22, 1941. Buried: Dayton, Virginia. Son of farmer George G. Hall and Elizabeth Thomas Hall, Jacob attended singing schools taught by Timothy Funk when he was a boy. As his love of music progressed, he earned money by trapping quail and bought a German accordion; he soon learned to play one part while singing another. After he and his brother jointly purchased an organ, he taught himself to play hymn tunes, Gospel songs, and anthems. He went on to study music theory, harmony, and composition in Harrisonburg and elsewhere, and in 1877 attended a Normal Music School in New Market, Virginia, taught by Benjamin Unseld and P. J. Merges. Afterward, he partnered with H. T. Wartman for two years to conduct singing schools and conventions. In 1890, Hall attended Dana’s Musical Institute in Warren, Ohio, and a normal school run by George & F. W. Root at Silver Lake, New York. He later served as principal of the National Normal School of Music. Hall’s works include: Hall’s Songs of Home, 1885 The Star of Bethlehem (Dayton, Virginia: Ruebush-Kieffer Company) Musical Million (assistant editor) Spirit of Praise, with William Kirkpatrick & Charles Case (Dayton, Virginia: The Ruebush-Kieffer Company, 1911) Hall’s Quartettes for Men, 1912 Biography of Gospel Song and Hymn Writers/em> (New York: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1914) Sources-- Hall, pp. 329-34 Lyrics-- Glorious Morning Dawns, The O Thou Whose Matchless Power Controls --hymntime.com/tch