Sweetly the Holy Hymn

 

VERSE 1

Sweetly the holy hymn

Breaks on the morning air;

Before the world with smoke is dim

We meet to offer prayer.

 

VERSE 2

While flowers are wet with dews,

Dew of our souls, descend:

Ere yet the sun the day renews,

O Lord, Thy Spirit send.

 

VERSE 3

Upon the battlefield,

Before the fight begins,

We seek, O Lord, Thy sheltering shield,

To guard us from our sins.

 

VERSE 4

Ere yet our vessel sails

Upon the stream of day

We plead, O Lord, for heavenly gales

To speed us on our way!

 

VERSE 5

On the lone mountain side,

Before the morning’s light,

The Man of sorrows wept and cried,

And rose refreshed with might.

 

VERSE 6

Oh, hear us then, for we

Are very weak and frail,

We make the Savior’s Name our plea,

And surely must prevail.

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