Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Lord in this sacred hour
Topic: Opening
Writer: S Bulfinch
Composer: J Woodman
Meter: SM
Tune: State Street
Hymn Number: 391
Page Number: 128, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLORD, in this sacred hour,
Within thy courts we bend,
And bless thy love, and own thy power,
Our Father and our Friend.
But thou art not alone
In courts by mortals trod;
Nor only is the day thine own
When man draws near to God.
Thy temple is the arch
Of you unmeasured sky;
Thy Sabbath the stupendous march
Of grand eternity.
Lord, may that holier day
Dawn on thy servants' sight;
And purer worship may we pay
In heaven's unclouded light.