Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Blest hour when mortal man retires
Topic: The Gospel/Remission of Sins
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: S Vail
Meter: LM
Tune: Dickinson
Hymn Number: 301
Page Number: 111, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBlest hour, when mortal man retires
To hold communion with his God,
To send to heaven his warm desires,
And listen to the sacred word.
Blest hour, when earthly cares resign
Their empire o'er his anxious breast,
While, all around, the calm divine,
Proclaims the holy day of rest.
Blest hour when God himself draws nigh,
Well pleased his people's voice to hear,
To hush the penitential sigh,
And wipe away the mourner's tear.