Come to the Morning Prayer,
Come let us kneel and pray;
Prayer is the Christian pilgrim's staff
To walk with God all day.
At noon, beneath the Rock
Of Ages, rest and pray;
Sweet is that shadow from the heat,
When the sun smites by day.
At eve, shut to the door,
Round the home-altar pray,
And finding there "the House of God,"
At "heaven's gate" close the day.
When midnight seals our eyes,
Let each in spirit say,
"I sleep, but my heart waketh, Lord,
With Thee to watch and pray."
Sacred Poems and Hymns, 1854
First Line: | Come to the morning prayer |
Title: | Come to the Morning Prayer |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Meter: | 6.6.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Refrain First Line: | Able to save, yes, able to save |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Come to the morning prayer. J. Montgomery. [Daily Prayer.] This invitation to daily worship was printed in the Evangelical Magazine for Dec. 1842, where it is dated "Aug. 4, 1842," in 4 stanzas of 4 lines. It was also included by Montgomery in his Original Hymns, 1853, No. 79, and entitled "Daily Prayer." It is given in Hymnal Companion, No. 10, in an unaltered form. It is also found in a few American collections. The most popular form of the hymn in America is “Come at the morning hour." This is found in several collections, as the Songs for the Sanctuary, 1865; the Baptist Praise Book, 1871, &c.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)