
1 O for the happy hour
When God will hear our cry,
And send, with a reviving power,
His Spirit from on high.
2 We meet, we sing, we pray,
We listen to the word,
In vain--we see no cheering ray,
No cheering voice is heard.
3 While many crowd Thy house,
How few, around Thy board,
Meet to record their solemn vows,
And bless Thee as their Lord.
4 Thou, Thou alone canst give
Thy gospel sure success,
And bid the dying sinner live
A new in holiness.
5 Come, with Thy power divine,
Spirit of life and love;
Then shall our people all be Thine,
Our church like that above.
Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #234
First Line: | O for the happy hour |
Author: | George W. Bethune |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
O for the happy hour. Whitsuntide. "A Prayer for the Spirit," contributed to the Parish Hymns, Philadelphia, 1843, and republished in the Lays, &c, 1847, p. 158, in 6 stanzas of 4 1ines. It is found in many modern collections.
-John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)