Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Now from the altar of our hearts
Topic: Evening
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 286
Page Number: 310, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNow from the altar of our hearts,
Let warmest thanks arise;
Assist us, Lord, to offer up
Our evening sacrifice.
This day God was our sun and shield,
Our keeper and our guide;
His care was on our weakness shown,
His mercies multiplied.
Minutes and mercies multiplied,
Have made up all this day;
Minutes came quick, but mercies were
More swift and free than they.
New times, new favours, and new joys,
Do a new song require;
Till we shall praise thee as we would,
Accept our hearts' desire.