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Hymn: Sweet hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: Sweet hour of prayer sweet hour of prayer

Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: W Bradbury

Meter: LMD

Tune: Sweet Hour of Prayer

Hymn Number: 414

Page Number: 150, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

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 of-ten found re-lief,

And oft escaped the tempter's snare,

By thy return, sweet hour of prayer.



Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!

The joy 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.