The Christian — Meditation and Prayer

Sweet the moments, rich in blessing

No. 534
Metre 8s & 7s.
Tune PALMER.
Words James Allen.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,Which before the cross we spend;Life and health and peace possessingFrom the sinner's dying Friend

Truly blessed is this station,Low before his cross to lie,While we see divine compassionBeaming in his gracious eye.

Here we feel our sins forgiven,While upon the Lamb we gaze;And our thoughts are all of heaven,And our lips o'erflow with praise.

While in grateful contemplation,Lord, our eyes are fixed on thee,May we taste thy full salvation,And, unvailed, thy glories see.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—MEDITATION AND PRAYER.»; hymn number «534» (large), tune name «PALMER. 8s & 7s.» centred over the music, «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); in the right margin, printed vertically and reading downward, «Copyrighted 1886» beside system 1 and «by F. E. Belden.» beside system 2. Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system (an 8s and a 7s verse line per system), with «1.» before «Sweet»; the interlinear text has no punctuation after «pos-sess-ing» and none after «Friend» — stanza 1 below keeps the print's punctuation. Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in two columns below the music (stanza 3 runs from the left column into the right), under the reference line «162, 41, 277.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 162, 41 or 277). «James Allen.» in italics after stanza 4. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Truly»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» («gaze ;»); it is closed up here. Spelling («unvailed»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.