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[We are praying, blessed Saviour]
Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Jno. R. Sweney Incipit: 32156 14435 65332 Used With Text: From This Hour
[We are praying, blessed Saviour]
From This Hour
Author: Rachel Elliot Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: We are praying, blessed Saviour Refrain First Line: From this hour, O gracious Lord Used With Tune: [We are praying, blessed Saviour]
From This Hour
From This Hour
Author: Rachel Elliot Hymnal: The Cyber Hymnal #12683 First Line: We are praying, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: From this hour, O gracious Lord Lyrics: 1 We are praying, blessed Savior,
For a closer walk with Thee;
We are praying that Thy Spirit
In our hearts may ever be.
Refrain:
From this hour, O gracious Lord,
May each waking heart before Thee
With a perfect love adore Thee,
Consecrated through Thy Word.
2 We are praying, blessed Savior,
That Thy will in us be done,
We are asking for a union
That in Thee shall make us one. [Refrain]
3 We are praying, blessed Savior,
That our lives Thy praise may show,
And Thy gracious hand direct us
In the way that we should go. [Refrain]
4 And at last, when all is over,
And our languid eyes we close,
May our souls awake rejoicing
Where the crystal river flows. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [We are praying, blessed Savior]
From This Hour
From This Hour
Author: Rachel Elliot Hymnal: On Joyful Wing #30 (1886) First Line: We are praying, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: From this hour, O gracious Lord Lyrics: 1 We are praying, blessed Saviour,
For a closer walk with thee;
We are praying that the spirit,
In our hearts may ever be.
Refrain:
From this hour, O gracious Lord,
May each waking heart before thee
With a perfect love adore thee,
Consecrated through thy word.
2 We are praying, blessed Saviour,
That thy will in us be done,
We are asking for a union
That in thee shall make us one. [Refrain]
3 We are praying, blessed Saviour,
That our lives thy praise may show,
And thy gracious hand direct us
In the way that we should go. [Refrain]
4 And at last, when all is over,
And our languid eyes we close,
May our souls awake rejoicing
Where the crystal river flow. [Refrain] Tune Title: [We are praying, blessed Savior]
From This Hour
From This Hour
Author: Rachel Elliot Hymnal: Temple Trio #30 (1886) First Line: We are praying, blessed Savior Refrain First Line: From this hour, O gracious Lord Tune Title: [We are praying, blessed Savior]
From This Hour
John R. Sweney
1837 - 1899 Person Name: Jno. R. Sweney Composer of "[We are praying, blessed Savior]" in On Joyful Wing 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
