Sweet Hour of Prayer

Songwriter/Composer/Translator William B. Bradbury

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Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,
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That calls me from a world of care,
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And bids me at my Fa-ther's throne,
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Make all my wants and wishes know
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In sea-sons of dis-tress and grief,
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My soul has of-ten found re-lief,
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And oft es-caped the tempt-er's snare
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By they re-turn, sweet hour of prayer.

Sweet hour of prayer, sweet hour of prayer,
Thy wings shall my pe-ti-tion bear
To him whose truth and faith-ful-ness
En-gage the wait-ing soul to bless
And since he bids me seek his face,
Be-lieve his word, and trust his grace
I'll cast on him my ev-ery care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer.