Sweet Hour Of Prayer

{title: Sweet Hour Of Prayer}
{author: Words by William W. Walford | Music by William Batchelder Bradbury}
{tempo: 110}
{time: 6/8}

{c: Verse 1}
Sweet [C]hour of prayer! sweet [F]hour of prayer!
That [C]calls me from a [G]world of care,
And [C]bids me at my [F]Father's throne
Make [C]all my wants and [G7]wishes [C]known.
 
In [C]seasons of [F]dis[C]tress and grief,
My [C]soul has of[F]ten [C]found re[G]lief
And [C]oft escaped the [F]tempter's snare
By [C]thy return, sweet [G7]hour of [C]prayer!

{c: Verse 2}
Sweet [C]hour of prayer! sweet [F]hour of prayer!
The [C]joys I feel, the [G]bliss I share,
Of [C]those whose anxious [F]spirits burn
With [C]strong desires for [G7]thy re[C]turn!

With [C]such I has[F]ten [C]to the place
Where [C]God my Sa[F]vior [C]shows His [G]face,
And [C]gladly take my [F]station there,
And [C]wait for thee, sweet [G7]hour of [C]prayer!

{c: Verse 3}
Sweet [C]hour of prayer! sweet [F]hour of prayer!
Thy [C]wings shall my pe[G]tition bear
To [C]Him whose truth and [F]faithfulness
En[C]gage the waiting [G7]soul to [C]bless.

And [C]since He bids [F]me [C]seek His face,
Be[C]lieve His Word [F]and [C]trust His [G]grace,
I'll [C]cast on Him my [F]every care,
And [C]wait for thee, sweet [G7]hour of [C]prayer!

{c: Verse 4}
Sweet [C]hour of prayer! sweet [F]hour of prayer!
May [C]I thy conso[G]lation share,
Till, [C]from Mount Pisgah's [F]lofty height,
I [C]view my home and [G7]take my [C]flight:

This [C]robe of flesh [F]I'll [C]drop, and rise
To [C]seize the ev[F]er[C]lasting [G]prize;
And [C]shout, while passing [F]through the air,
"Fare[C]well, farewell, sweet [G7]hour of [C]prayer!"