O Welcome Hour of Prayer!

Verse 1

O welcome hour of prayer! So full of peace and rest! Here we may cast our ev’ry care Upon the Saviour’s breast; We leave the world without, To sit at Jesus’ feet; His love can banish every doubt, And make our joys complete.

Verse 2

We see each other’s face, And take each other’s hand; We sing our hymns of saving grace, And of the Better Land; And while we feast with Him Who is the Truth, the Light, May we again our lamps retrim, To shine forth in the night.

Verse 3

Thrice welcome, precious hour, Of faith, and hope, and love! When we may feel the Spirit’s pow’r Descending from above; He dries the falling tears. That will, unbidden, start; He scatters all our anxious fears, And fills each waiting heart.

Verse 4

O Thou that hearest prayer! How sad this life would be— How hard each heavy cross to bear, Could we not come to Thee; When faith seems lost in fear, And hopes are dimm’d by care, In Thee we find refreshing cheer, Thou blessed hour of prayer!