The Christian — Meditation and Prayer

My God, is any hour so sweet

No. 536
Metre 8s & 4.
Tune CARRUTH.
Words Charlotte Elliott.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 3/2
5 stanzas

Words

My God, is any hour so sweet,From blush of morn to evening star,As that which calls me to thy feet,—The hour of prayer?

Blest is that tranquil hour of morn,And blest that solemn hour of eve,When, on the wings of prayer upborne,The world I leave.

Then is my strength by thee renewed;Then are my sins by thee forgiven;Then dost thou cheer my solitudeWith hopes of heaven.

No words can tell what sweet reliefHere for my every want I find;What strength for warfare, balm for grief;What peace of mind.

Lord, till I reach that blissful shore,No privilege so dear shall be,As thus my inmost soul to pourIn prayer to thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—MEDITATION AND PRAYER.»; hymn number «536» (large), tune name «CARRUTH. 8s & 4.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); printed vertically in the left margin beside the music: «by F. E. Belden.» (system 1) and «Copyrighted 1886» (system 2), i.e. «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, one line per system, with «1.» before «My» («an - y» hyphenated under its notes; «evening» printed as one word under two notes). No reference line is printed. Stanzas 2–5 follow as text in two columns (2–3 left, 4–5 right), numbered «2»–«5» without a point (written «2.»–«5.» here as in the other deliveries), with «Charlotte Elliott.» in italics after stanza 5. In each stanza line 2 is indented and the short fourth line more deeply indented. The print's thin space before «;» and «?» is closed up. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.