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OH! HOW CAN I FORGET THE HOUR
Appears in 1 hymnal Composer and/or Arranger: Baily Tune Key: A Major Incipit: 51712 33532 12315 Used With Text: Oh! how can I forget the hour
OH! HOW CAN I FORGET THE HOUR
Oh! how can I forget the hour
Hymnal: The Minstrel of Zion #62 (1845) Lyrics: 1 Oh! how can I forget the hour,
When love divine I found;
The place was fill'd with sacred power,
And glory beam'd around:
My soul, relieved from sorrow's load,
From guilty bondage free,
Adored with joy the pardoning God,
That show'd such love to me.
2 For me, the earth and skies rejoiced
That I no more was sad;
The thirsty land with dew was moist,
The wilderness was glad;
The scenes of nature, then how bright,
My eyes rejoiced to view,
I praised the Lord with warm delight,
And thought they praised him too.
3 My darkness then to light gave place,
My guilt, to pardon free,
My rags of sin, to robes of grace,
And bonds, to liberty;
I toil'd no more, a wandering child,
In slavish, base employ,
But, safe at home, my Father smiled,
And feasted me with joy.
4 Nor did I then that bliss confine
Within my bounding breast;
The friends who pour'd their tears with mine,
Were sharers in the feast;
And angels on their watchful posts,
With gladness hasted round,
To tell to all the heavenly hosts,
"The long lost child is found." Tune Title: OH! HOW CAN I FORGET THE HOUR
Oh! how can I forget the hour
O how can I forget the hour
Author: William Hunter Hymnal: Revival and Camp Minstrel, containing the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected #d231 (1867)
O how can I forget the hour
Oh, how can I forget the hour
Author: W. H. Hymnal: Select Melodies; Comprising the Best Hymns and Spiritual Songs in Common Use, and not generally found in standard church hymn-books #69 (1856)
Oh, how can I forget the hour
William Hunter
1811 - 1877 Author of "O how can I forget the hour" Hunter, William, D.D, son of John Hunter, was born near Ballymoney, County Antrim, Ireland, May 26, 1811. He removed to America in 1817, and entered Madison College in 1830. For some time he edited the Conference Journal, and the Christian Advocate. In 1855 he was appointed Professor of Hebrew in Alleghany College: and subsequently Minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church, at Alliance, Stark Country, Ohio. He died in 1877. He edited Minstrel of Zion, 1845; Select Melodies, 1851; and Songs of Devotion, 1859. His hymns, over 125 in all, appeared in these works. Some of these have been translated into various Indian languages. The best known are :—
1. A home in heaven; what a joyful thought. Heaven a Home. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Methodist Scholar's Hymn Book, London, 1870, &c.
2. Joyfully, joyfully onward I [we] move. Pressing towards Heaven. This hymn is usually dated 1843. It was given in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and Select Melodies, 1851, and his Songs of Devotion, 1859. It has attained to great popularity. Two forms of the hymn are current, the original, where the second stanza begins "Friends fondly cherished, have passed on before"; and the altered form, where it reads: “Teachers and Scholars have passed on before." Both texts are given in W. F. Stevenson's Hymns for Church & Home, 1873, Nos. 79, 80, c.
3. The [My] heavenly home is bright and fair. Pressing towards Heaven. From his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, into the Cottage Melodies, New York, 1859, and later collections.
4. The Great Physician now is near. Christ the Physician. From his Songs of Devotion, 1859
5. Who shall forbid our grateful[chastened]woe? This hymn, written in 1843, was published in his Minstrel of Zion, 1845, and in his Songs of Devotion, 1859. [ Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)
William Hunter
