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The Christian — Meditation and Prayer

Sweetly the holy hymn

  • No. 530
  • Words C. H. Spurgeon.
  • 5 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Sweetly the holy hymnBreaks on the morning air;Before the world with smoke is dim,We kneel and offer prayer.

2

While flowers are wet with dews,Dew of our souls descend;Ere yet the sun the day renews,O Lord, thy Spirit send.

3

Upon the battle-field,Before the fight begins,We seek, O Lord, thy sheltering shield,To guard us from our sins.

4

On the lone mountain side,Before the morning's light,The Man of sorrows wept and cried,And rose refreshed with might.

5

O, hear us, then, for weAre very weak and frail;We make the Saviour's name our plea,And surely must prevail.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «530» (large) with the reference line «558, 89, 732.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 558, 89 or 732); the hymn begins in the lower right column of p. 174 and ends there, at the foot of the page, with «C. H. Spurgeon.» in italics. The first word «SWEETLY» is set in a capital and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («air ;», «descend ;», «frail ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («morning's», «Saviour's»). Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's («Saviour», «battle-field», «Man of sorrows»). No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the three tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Meditation and Prayer · No. 530 · printed page 174
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01