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| Text: | I love to steal awhile away |
| Author: | Phoebe Hinsdale Brown |
| Tune: | BROWN |
| Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
1 I love to steal awhile away
From every cumbering care,
And spend the hours of setting day
In humble, grateful prayer.
2 I love in solitude to shed
The penitential tear;
And all his promises to plead,
Where none but God can hear.
3 I love to think on mercies past,
And future good implore;
And all my cares and sorrows cast
On him whom I adore.
4 I love by faith to take a view
Of brighter scenes to come;
The prospect doth my strength renew
While here away from home.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | I love to steal awhile away |
| Author: | Phoebe Hinsdale Brown |
| Publication Date: | 1886 |
| Topic: | The Christian: Meditation and Prayer |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | BROWN |
| Composer: | William B. Bradbury |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Key: | C Major |
| Notes: | Alternate tunes: #354, 179, or 201. |
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