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GOLDEN KEY
Meter: 10.7.10.7 Appears in 45 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: John Robson Sweney Tune Key: E Major Incipit: 12356 55322 34523 Used With Text: Prayer Is the Key
GOLDEN KEY
The Golden Key
Appears in 56 hymnals First Line: Prayer is the key Used With Tune: [Prayer is the key]
The Golden Key
The Golden Key
Appears in 1 hymnal First Line: Prayer is the key Used With Tune: [Prayer is the key]
The Golden Key
The Golden Key
Author: Unknown Hymnal: Timeless Truths #565 Meter: 10.7.10.7 First Line: Prayer is the key on the bending knee Lyrics: 1 Prayer is the key on the bending knee
To open the morn’s first hours;
See the incense rise to the starry skies,
Like perfume from the flow’rs.
2 Not a soul so sad, nor a heart so glad,
When cometh the shades of night,
But the daybreak song will the joy prolong,
And darkness turn to light.
3 Take the golden key in your hand and see,
As the night tide drifts away,
How its blessed hold is a crown of gold,
Through the weary hours of day.
4 When the shadows fall, and the vesper call
Is sobbing its low refrain,
’Tis a garland sweet to the toil-worn feet,
And a healing touch for pain.
5 Soon the year’s dark door shall be shut no more;
Life’s tears shall be wiped away
As the pearl gates swing and the gold harps ring,
Ush’ring in eternal day. Scripture: Psalm 55:17 Tune Title: [Prayer is the key on the bending knee]
The Golden Key
The Golden Key
Author: John Parker Hymnal: Christian Service Songs #96 (1939) First Line: Prayer is the key Topics: Prayer; Supplication Languages: English Tune Title: [Prayer is the key] (Sweney)
The Golden Key
The Golden Key
Hymnal: Living Hymns #157 (1890) First Line: Prayer is the key Lyrics: 1 Prayer is the key
For the bending knee
To open the morn’s first hours;
See the incense rise,
To the starry skies,
Like perfume from the flow’rs.
2 Not a soul so sad,
Nor a heart so glad,
When cometh the shades of night,
But the daybreak song
Will the joy prolong,
And some darkness turn to light.
3 Take the golden key
In your hand and see,
As the night tide drifts away,
How its blessed hold
Is a crown of gold,
Thro' the weary hours of day.
4 When the shadows fall,
And the vesper call
Is sobbing its low refrain,
’Tis a garland sweet
To the toil worn feet,
And an antidote for pain.
5 Soon the year’s dark door
Shall be shut no more:
Life’s tears shall be wiped away,
As the pearl gates swing,
And the gold harps ring,
And the sun unsheathe for aye. Languages: English Tune Title: [Prayer is the key]
The Golden Key
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Composer of "[Prayer is the key on the bending knee]" in Timeless Truths John R. Sweney (1837-1899) was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and exhibited musical abilities at an early age. At nineteen he was studying with a German music teacher, leading a choir and glee club, and performing at children’s entertainments. By twenty-two he was teaching at a school in Dover, Delaware. Soon thereafter, he was put in charge of the band of the Third Delaware Regiment of the Union Army for the duration of the Civil War. After the war, he became Professor of Music at the Pennsylvania Military Academy, and director of Sweney’s Cornet Band. He eventually earned Bachelor and Doctor of Music degrees at the Academy.
Sweney began composing church music in 1871 and became well-known as a leader of large congregations. His appreciators stated “Sweney knows how to make a congregation sing” and “He had great power in arousing multitudes.” He also became director of music for a large Sunday school at the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia of which John Wanamaker was superintendent (Wanamaker was the founder of the first major department store in Philadelphia). In addition to his prolific output of hymn melodies and other compositions, Sweney edited or co-edited about sixty song collections, many in collaboration with William J. Kirkpatrick. Sweney died on April 10, 1899, and his memorial was widely attended and included a eulogy by Wanamaker.
Joe Hickerson from "Joe's Jottings #9" used by permission
John R. Sweney
Anonymous
Person Name: Unknown Author of "The Golden Key" in Timeless Truths In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.
Anonymous
John Parker
1825 - 1911 Author of "The Golden Key" in Christian Service Songs John Parker, born in England, immigrated to the United States about 1847 at the age of 22. He was a Methodist pastor, serving churches in New York and Vermont. He was a chaplain in the U.S. Army during the Civil War. He died in Asbury Park, New York in 1911.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Christian Advocate," Vol. 86, September 28, 1911, P. 1298 (6)
John Parker
