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SDA Hymnal 501

'Tis the Blessed Hour of Prayer

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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!

RefrainBlessed 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 prayer, when the Savior draws near,
With a tender compassion His children to hear;
When He tells us we may cast at His feet every care,
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!

3'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the tempted and tried
To the Savior who loves them their sorrows confide;
With a sympathizing heart He removes every care;
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!

4At the blessed hour of prayer, trusting Him we believe
That the blessings we're needing we'll surely receive;
In the fullness of this trust we shall lose every care;
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!

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The verse

Meter
14.13.13.13
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trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
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Verse 1

'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend,/˘//˘˘///˘//˘/14A
And we gather to Jesus, our Savior and Friend;˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/13A
If we come to Him in faith, His protection to share,˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/13B
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/13B

Verse 2

'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the Savior draws near,/˘//˘˘//˘/˘//13A
With a tender compassion His children to hear;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A
When He tells us we may cast at His feet every care,/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/14B
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/13B

Verse 3

'Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the tempted and tried/˘//˘˘//˘/˘˘/13A
To the Savior who loves them their sorrows confide;˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘˘/12A
With a sympathizing heart He removes every care;˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//˘˘/14B
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/13B

Verse 4

At the blessed hour of prayer, trusting Him we believe˘˘//˘˘//˘˘˘˘/13A
That the blessings we're needing we'll surely receive;˘˘/˘//˘//˘˘/12A
In the fullness of this trust we shall lose every care;˘˘/˘˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/14B
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/13B

Refrain

Blessed hour of prayer, Blessed hour of prayer,//˘˘///˘˘/10A
What a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!˘˘/˘˘/˘˘//˘˘/13A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.