Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: It is the hour of prayer
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: SMD
Tune:
Hymn Number: 568
Page Number: 344, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsIt is the hour of prayer:
Draw near and bend the knee,
And fill the calm and holy air
With voice of melody!
O'erwearied with the heat
And burden of the day,
Now let us rest our wandering feet
And gather here to pray.
O, blessed is the hour
That lifts our hearts on high!
Like sunlight when the tempests lower
Prayer to the soul is nigh;
Though dark may be our lot,
Our eyes be dim with care,
These saddening thoughts shall trouble not
This holy hour of prayer.