Prayer at Dawn of Day

How sweet the melting lay

Author: P. H. Brown
Published in 122 hymnals

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Representative Text

1 How sweet the melting lay,
That breaks upon the ear,
When, at the hour of rising day,
Christians unite in prayer!

2 The breezes waft their cries
Up to Jehovah's throne;
He listens to their bursting sighs,
And sends his blessings down.

3 So Jesus rose to pray,
Before the morning light;
Once on the chilling mount did stay,
And wrestle all the night.

4 Glory to God on high,
Who sends his blessings down
To rescue souls condemned to die,
And makes his people one.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #315

Author: P. H. Brown

Brown, Phoebe, née Hinsdale. A member of the Congregational body, born at Canaan, Columbia County, New York, May 1, 1783, she was left an orphan when two years old. At nine she fell into the hands of a relative who kept a county gaol. These, says her son, "were years of intense and cruel suffering. The tale of her early life which she has left her children is a narrative of such deprivations, cruel treatment, and toil, as it breaks my heart to read." Escaping from this bondage at 18, she was sought by kind people, and sent for three months to a common school at Claverack, N.Y., where she learned to write, and made profession of faith in Christ. In 1805 she was married to Timothy H. Brown, a painter, and subsequently lived at East Windsor a… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: How sweet the melting lay
Title: Prayer at Dawn of Day
Author: P. H. Brown
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Psalmist #639

The Psalmodist #d92

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The Psalmody #713

The Sacred Lute #d149

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The Sacred Lyre #38

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The Saint's Harp #85

The Saints' Harp #d393

The Sanctus #d109

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The Singing Book for Boys' and Girls' Meetings #134

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The Social and Sabbath School Hymn-Book. (5th ed.) #167

The Social Harp #d135

The Social Harp. Rev. #d163

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The Social Psalmist #37

The South Western Psalmist #d166

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The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion (New ed. thoroughly rev. and much enl.) #285b

The Southern Harmony, and Musical Companion. New ed. #d56

The Southern Psalmist #d343

The Southern Psalmist. New ed. #d356

The Tabernacle #d130

The Vestry Hymn Book #d192

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The Voice of Praise #315

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