The Cyber Hymnal ‎#514

514. Blest Hour, When Mortal Man Retires

1. Blest hour, when mortal man retires
To hold communion with his God;
To send to Heaven his warm desires,
And listen to the sacred word.

2. Blest hour, when God Himself draws nigh,
Well pleased His people’s voice to hear;
To hush the penitential sigh,
And wipe away the mourner’s tear.

3. Blest hour, for, when the Lord resorts,
Foretastes of future bliss are given;
And mortals find His earthly courts
The house of God, the gate of Heaven.

4. Hail, peaceful hour! supremely blest
Amid the hours of worldly care;
The hour that yields the spirit rest,
That sacred hour, the hour of prayer.

5. And when my hours of prayer are past,
And this frail tenement decays,
Then may I spend in Heaven at last
A never-ending hour of praise.

Text Information

• First Line: Blest hour, when mortal man retires
• Title: Blest Hour, When Mortal Man Retires
• Author: Thomas Raffles (1823)
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: MALVERN
• Composer: Lowell Mason (1847)
• Meter: L.M.
• Incipit: 33333 32345 56653
• Key: D Major
• Source: The Psaltery, Mason & Webb, 1847
• Copyright: Public Domain