Prayer
Did You Think To Pray?
- Words:
- Mary A. Pepper Kidder, 1876.
- Music:
- 'Stockbridge' or 'Did You Think To Pray' William Oscar Perkins, 1876.
- Setting:
- William Oscar Perkins, 1876.
- Metre:
- 8 5 8 8 5 8 7 8 5
- 1Ere you left your room this morning,Did you think to pray?In the name of Christ our Savior,Did you sue for loving favor,As a shield today?O how praying rests the weary!Prayer will change the night to day;So when life seems dark and dreary,Don't forget to pray.
- 2When you met with great temptation,Did you think to pray?By His dying love and merit,Did you claim the Holy SpiritAs your guide and stay?O how praying rests the weary!Prayer will change the night to day;So when life seems dark and dreary,Don't forget to pray.
- 3When your heart was filled with anger,Did you think to pray?Did you plead for grace, my brother,That you might forgive anotherWho had crossed your way?O how praying rests the weary!Prayer will change the night to day;So when life seems dark and dreary,Don't forget to pray.
- 4When sore trials came upon you,Did you think to pray?When your soul was bowed in sorrow,Balm of Gilead did you borrowAt the gates of day?O how praying rests the weary!Prayer will change the night to day;So when life seems dark and dreary,Don't forget to pray.
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- Written in 1876, the words are in 188 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.