Hymnal: Fillmore's Harp of Zion
Date: 1867
Compiler: A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: R W Carroll & Co
First Line: I come to thee tonight
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Fillmore
Meter: 6 10 10 and 6
Tune: Taylor
Hymn Number: <no hymn number given>
Page Number: 278, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI come to thee tonight,
In my lone closet, where no eye can see,
And dare to crave an interview with thee,
Father of love and light.
Father, my soul would be
Pure as the drops of eve's unsullied dew;
And as the stars, whose nightly course is true,
So I would be to thee.
Not for myself alone
Would I the blessings of thy love implore;
But for each penitent the wide earth o'er,
Whom thou hast called thine own.
And for my heart's best friends,
Whose steadfast kindness o'er my painful years
Has watched, to soothe affliction's griefs and tears,
My warmest prayer ascends.
And now, O Father, take
The heart I cast with humble faith on thee,
And cleanse its depths from each impurity,
For my Redeemer's sake.