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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.
Evening Light Songs, 1987 (Timeless Truths)
First Line: | Prayer is the key on the bending knee |
Title: | The Golden Key |
Author: | John Parker |
Meter: | 10.7.10.7 |
Language: | English |
Instances (1 - 2 of 2) | Title | First Line | Tune | Tune Key | Author | Meter | Scripture | Date | Subject | Source | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() |
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The Cyber Hymnal #5650 | Prayer Is the Key | Prayer is the key for the bending knee | GOLDEN KEY | Anonymous | 10.7.10.7 | <cite>Free Methodist Hymnal</cite> (Winona Lake, Indiana: The Free Methodist Publishing House, 1910), number 493 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ||||||||
Timeless Truths #565 | The Golden Key | Prayer is the key on the bending knee | [Prayer is the key on the bending knee] | Unknown | 10.7.10.7 | Psalm 55:17 | Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Golden_Key); Faith Publishing House, <i>Evening Light Songs</i>, 1949, edited 1987 (169) | ![]() | ![]() |