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Text:Hour of Praise
Alterer:G. C. H.
Tune:[How sweet the hour when man retires]
Composer:Geo. C. Hugg

3. Hour of Praise

1 How sweet the hour when man retires
To hold communion with his God,
To send to heav’n his warm desires,
And listen to the sacred word.

Refrain:
Sweet hour of praise!
Sweet hour of praise!
With tuneful voice we greet thee,
Sweet hour of praise!

2 It is the hour when God draws nigh,
Well pleas’d His people’s voice to hear,
To hush the penitential sigh,
And wipe away the falling tear. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: How sweet the hour when man retires
Title: Hour of Praise
Alterer: G. C. H.
Refrain First Line: Sweet hour of praise!
Publication Date: 1889
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [How sweet the hour when man retires]
Composer: Geo. C. Hugg
Notes: Public Domain.



Media
MIDI file: MIDI

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