The Golden Key

Prayer is the key on the bending knee

Author: John Parker
Tune: GOLDEN KEY
Published in 55 hymnals

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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)

Author: John Parker

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) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Prayer is the key on the bending knee
Title: The Golden Key
Author: John Parker
Meter: 10.7.10.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Free Methodist Hymnal #493

Goodly Pearls for the Sunday School #d108

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Gospel Hosannas #11

Gospel Hymnal #d267

Heart Melodies #d78

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Hymns of Blessing for the Living Church #157

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Hymns We Love #60

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Junior Songs #164

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Living Hymns #157

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Ocean Grove Songs #95

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Our Praise in Song #216

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Praise in Song #216

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Precious Hymns #189

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Radiant Songs #157

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Redemption Songs #131

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Redemption Songs #572

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Rose of Sharon Hymns #618

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Sacred Trio #131

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Showers of Blessing #219

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Songs for the King's Business #227

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Songs of Calvary #61

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Songs of Grace and Glory #256

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 #228

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Songs of Love and Praise No. 5 #197

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Songs of Love and Praise #220

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Songs of Redeeming Love #122

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Songs of the Century #194

Songs of the Century No. 2 #d130

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Songs of the New Life #R122

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Songs of Victory #158

Spiritual Songs and Hymns, for Use in All Gospel Services #d456

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Sunlit Songs #57

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Temple Songs #162

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Temple Themes and Sacred Songs #s162

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The Best of All #85

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The Bow of Promise #31

The Call to Praise #d104

The Call to Praise, a Hymnal for Children's Division #d95

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The Cyber Hymnal #5650

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The Emory Hymnal #219

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The Finest of the Wheat No. 2 #59

The Garner #d96

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The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #197

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The Quartet #122

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The Revival No. 3 #35

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The Sacred Trio #131

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #493

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Timeless Truths #565

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Unfading Treasures #192

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