Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: I love to steal awhile away
Topic: Gratitude
Writer: <no first name given> Brown
Composer: D Dutton
Meter: CM
Tune: Woodstock
Hymn Number: 324
Page Number: 116, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsI LOVE to steal awhile away
From every cumb'ring care,
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful pray'r.
I love in solitude to shed
The penitential tear;
And all His promises to plead,
Where none but God can hear.
I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore,
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On Him whom I adore.
I love, by faith, to take a view
Of brighter scenes in heav'n;
The prospect doth my strength renew,
While here by tempests driv'n.