Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: My God is any hour so sweet
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: Charlotte Elliott
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 4
Tune:
Hymn Number: 581
Page Number: 351, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsMy God! is any hour so sweet,
From blush of morn to evening star,
As that which calls me to thy feet-
The hour of prayer?
Blest is the tranquil hour of morn,
And blest that hour of solemn eye,
When, on the wings of prayer up-borne,
The world I leave.
Then is my strength by thee renewed;
Then are my sins by thee forgiven;
Then dost thou cheer my solitude
With hopes of heaven.
No words can tell what sweet relief
There for my every want I find;
What strength for warfare, balm for grief,
What peace of mind!
Hushed is each doubt, gone every fear;
My spirit seems in heaven to stay;
And e'en the penitential tear
Is wiped away.
Lord, till I reach that blissful shore,
No privilege so dear shall be
As thus my inmost soul to pour
In prayer to thee.