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Text:At Midnight's Holy Hour
Author:Daniel R. Lucas
Tune:PRISONER'S SONG
Composer:Zimri Mullen Parvin
Media:MIDI file

8532. At Midnight's Holy Hour

1 At midnight’s holy hour the saints
Sang praises to the Lord above,
Who always hears the meek complaints
Of humble souls that trust His love.

2 No prison wall can chain the soul,
By holy truth set free from sin;
On wings of faith it seeks its goal:
At Heaven’s court it enters in.

3 And well they knew that God would hear,
For He is Father over all;
He rules and reigns in highest sphere,
And notes on earth the sparrow’s fall.

4 An earthquake shock the prison door
Throws wide to freedom’s fragrant air;
The loosened stocks declare no more
A worshiper should fetters wear.

5 Oh, let us, then, whate’er our lot,
Remember on our pilgrim way,
On downy couch, or prison cot,
In good or ill, to praise and pray.

Text Information
First Line: At midnight’s holy hour the saints
Title: At Midnight's Holy Hour
Author: Daniel R. Lucas
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Apostolic Hymns and Songs (Oskaloosa Iowa: Central Book Concern, 1875)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: PRISONER'S SONG
Composer: Zimri Mullen Parvin (1875)
Meter: LM
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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