‘Tis The Blessed Hour Of Prayer
- Words:
- Fanny J. Crosby
- Music:
- William H. Doane
Sheet music
- 1’Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend,And we gather to Jesus, our Savior and Friend;If we come to Him in faith,His protection to share,What a balm for the weary,O how sweet to be there!Blessed hour of prayer,Blessed hour of prayer,What a balm for the weary!O how sweet to be there!
- 2‘Tis the blessed hour of pray’r, when the Savior draws near,With a tender compassionHis children to hear;When He tells us we may cast at His feet ev’ry care,What a balm for the weary,O how sweet to be there!Blessed hour of prayer,Blessed hour of prayer,What a balm for the weary!O how sweet to be there!
- 3’Tis the blessed hour of pray’r, when the tempted and tried,To the Savior who loves them their sorrow confide,With a sympathizing heartHe removes ev’ry care,What a balm for the weary,O how sweet to be there!Blessed hour of prayer,Blessed hour of prayer,What a balm for the weary!O how sweet to be there!
- 4At the blessed hour of pray’r, trusting Him, we believeThat the blessing we’re needing we’ll surely receive;In the fullness of this trust we shall lose ev’ry care;What a balm for the weary,O how sweet to be there!Blessed hour of prayer,Blessed hour of prayer,What a balm for the weary!O how sweet to be there!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1880, the words are in 267 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.