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Text:When softly falls the twilight hour
Author:F. E. Belden
Tune:BRADBURY
Composer:F. E. Belden

517. When softly falls the twilight hour

1 When softly falls the twilight hour
O'er moor and mountain, field and flower,
How sweet to leave a world of care,
And lift to heav'n the voice of prayer!

2 In solemn midnight's silence deep,
When Nature's voice is hushed in sleep,
Then heavy hearts with grief oppressed
May find in prayer the sweetest rest.

3 And when with reddening blush of morn
The new-born day begins to dawn,
Then upward to the mercy-seat
Let prayer ascend like incense sweet.

4 When mid-day's burning heat we feel,
When daily cares our hearts would steal,
O, then to heaven we look away,
And find in prayer our surest stay.

Text Information
First Line: When softly falls the twilight hour
Author: F. E. Belden
Publication Date: 1886
Topic: Christian Experience: Meditation and Prayer
Tune Information
Name: BRADBURY
Composer: F. E. Belden
Meter: L. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Alternate tunes: #624, 301, or 431.



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