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Text:Now From Labor And From Care
Author:Thomas Hastings
Tune:HALLE
Composer (attributed to):Franz Josef Haydn, 1732-1809
Media:MIDI file

9716. Now From Labor And From Care

1 Now from labor and from care,
Evening shades have set me free;
In the work of praise and prayer,
Lord, I would converse with Thee:
O, behold me from above,
Fill me with a Savior’s love.

2 Sin and sorrow, guilt and woe,
Wither all my earthly joys;
Naught can charm me here below,
But my Savior’s melting voice.
Lord, forgive, Thy grace restore;
Make me Thine for evermore.

3 For the blessings of this day,
For the mercies of this hour;
For the Gospel’s cheering ray,
For the Spirit’s quickening power,
Grateful notes to Thee I raise,
Oh, accept my song of praise.

Text Information
First Line: Now from labor and from care
Title: Now From Labor And From Care
Author: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 77.77.77
Language: English
Source: Spiritual Songs for Social Worship (Utica, New York: 1831)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: HALLE
Composer (attributed to): Franz Josef Haydn, 1732-1809
Meter: 77.77.77
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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