O for the happy hour

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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

Author: George W. Bethune

Bethune, George Washington, D.D. A very eminent divine of the Reformed Dutch body, born in New York, 1805, graduated at Dickinson Coll., Carlisle, Phila., 1822, and studied theology at Princeton. In 1827 he was appointed Pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church, Rinebeck, New York. In 1830 passed to Utica, in 1834 to Philadelphia, and in 1850 to the Brooklyn Heights, New York. In 1861 he visited Florence, Italy, for his health, and died in that city, almost suddenly after preaching, April 27, 1862. His Life and Letters were edited by A. R. Van Nest, 1867. He was offered the Chancellorship of New York University, and the Provostship of the University of Pennsylvania, both of which he declined. His works include The Fruits of the Spirit, 1839; Ser… Go to person page >

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First Line: O for the happy hour
Author: George W. Bethune
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

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)

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Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d638

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International Song Service #234

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Laudes Domini #1074

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New Union Hymns #155

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Parish Hymns #408

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Social Hymn Book #335

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Sunday-School Hymns #325

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The Baptist Praise Book #837

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #611

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The Song Evangel #ad154

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #345

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