The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Sweet Hour of Prayer

The Army and Navy Hymnal
edited by Henry Augustine Smith
Sweet Hour of Prayer by William W. Walford
(music by William Batchelder Bradbury)

\version "2.16.2" 
\header { tagline = ##f title = \markup { "Sweet Hour of Prayer" "         " "85" } subsubtitle = "(SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER. L. M. D.)" composer = "W. B. Bradbury, 1816-1868" poet = "W. W. Walford" }
\score { << << \new Staff \with {midiInstrument = #"clarinet"} { \key d \major \time 6/8 \partial 8 \relative d' {
  \repeat unfold 2 { << { d8 } \\ { d8 } >> |
  <fis d>4 <g e>8 <a fis>4 q8 |
  <b g>4 <cis a>8 <d b>4 <b g>8 |
  <a fis>4 <fis d>8 q8 [ <e cis> ] << { d8 } \\ { d8 } >> | }
  \alternative {
    { <e cis>4 <fis d>8 <e cis>4 \bar"||" \break }
    { <fis d>4 <e cis>8 << { d4 } \\ { d4 } >> \bar"||" \break }
  }
  <a' fis>8 |
  <d fis,>4 <cis g>8 <d a>4 <b g>8 |
  <a fis>4 <fis d>8 <a fis>4 q8 |
  <d fis,>4 <cis g>8 <d a>4 <b g>8 |
  <a fis>4 <fis d>8 <e cis>4 \bar"||" \break
  << { d8 } \\ { d8 } >> |
  <fis d>4 <g e>8 <a fis>4 q8 |
  <b g>4 <cis a>8 <d b>4 <b g>8 |
  <a fis>4 <fis d>8 q8 [ <e cis> ] << { d8 } \\ { d8 } >> |
  <fis d>4 <e cis>8 << { d4 } \\ { d4 } >> \bar "|."
  \cadenzaOn <g d>4. <fis d> \bar ".." 
  } }
%\new Lyrics \lyricmode {
%\set stanza = #"1."
%\markup\smallCaps {A}2 -- \markup\smallCaps {men.} 
%}
\new Staff \with {midiInstrument = #"clarinet"} { \clef bass \key d \major \relative d {
  \repeat unfold 2 { <fis d>8 |
  <a d,>4 q8 q4 <d d,>8 |
  <d g,>4 q8 q4 q8 |
  <d d,>4 <a d,>8 << { a8 [ g ] } \\ { d4 } >> <fis d>8 |
  }
  \alternative {
    { <a a,>4 q8 q4 } %end of 1st line
    { << { a4 } \\ { a4 } >> <g a,>8 <fis d>4 } %end of 2nd line
  }
  <a d,>8 |
  q4 <a e>8 <a fis>4 <d g,>8 |
  <d d,>4 <a d,>8 q4 q8 |
  q4 <a e>8 <a fis>4 <d g,>8 |
  <d d,>4 <a d,>8 <a a,>4 %end of 3rd line
  <fis d>8 |
  <a d,>4 q8 q4 <d d,>8 |
  <d g,>4 q8 q4 q8 |
  <d d,>4 <a d,>8 << { a8 [ g ] } \\ { d4 } >> <fis d>8 |
  << { a4 } \\ { a4 } >> <g a,>8 <fis d>4 %end of tune
  \cadenzaOn <b g,>4. <a d,>
  } } 
  >> >>
\layout { indent = #0 }
\midi { \tempo 8 = 106 } }


  1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
    That calls me from a world of care,
    And bids me at my Father's throne
    Make all my wants and wishes known:
    In seasons of distress and grief,
    My soul has found relief;
    And oft escaped the tempter's snare,
    by thy re-turn, sweet hour of prayer!
  2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
    Thy wings shall my petition bear
    To him whose truth and faithfulness
    Engage the waiting soul to bless.
    And since he bids me seek his face,
    Believe his word and trust his grace,
    I'll cast on him my every care
    And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayerl
  3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
    May I thy consolation share,
    Till, from Mount Pisgah's lofty height,
    I view my home and take my flight;
    This robe of flesh I'll drop, and rise
    To seize the everlasting prize;
    And shout, while passing thro' the air,
    Farewell, farewell.sweet hour of prayer! Amen.