{"id":9111,"date":"2025-12-14T10:16:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/2025\/12\/14\/hymn-501-tis-the-blessed-hour-of-prayer-lyrics\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T10:16:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T10:16:40","slug":"hymn-501-tis-the-blessed-hour-of-prayer-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal\/hymn-501-tis-the-blessed-hour-of-prayer-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Hymn 501 &#8216;TIS THE BLESSED HOUR OF PRAYER Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-title\">New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal<\/h2>\n<h2>Hymn 501 &#8216;TIS THE BLESSED HOUR OF PRAYER Lyrics<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>1<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend,<br \/>\nAnd we gather to Jesus, our Savior and Friend;<br \/>\nIf we come to Him in faith, His protection to share,<br \/>\nWhat a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!<\/p>\n<p>CHORUS:<br \/>\nBlessed hour of prayer, Blessed hour of prayer,<br \/>\nWhat a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!<\/p>\n<p>2<br \/>\n&#8216;is the blessed hour of prayer, when the Savior draws near,<br \/>\nWith a tender compassion His children to hear;<br \/>\nWhen He tells us we may cast at His feet every care,<br \/>\nWhat a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!<\/p>\n<p>3<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when the tempted and tried<br \/>\nTo the Savior who loves them their sorrows confide;<br \/>\nWith a sympathizing heart He removes every care;<br \/>\nWhat a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!<\/p>\n<p>4<br \/>\n&#8216;Tis the blessed hour of prayer, trusting Him we believe,<br \/>\nThat the blessings we&#8217;re needing we&#8217;ll surely receive;<br \/>\nIn the fullness of this trust we shall lose every care;<br \/>\nWhat a balm for the weary! O how sweet to be there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New English Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal Hymn 501 &#8216;TIS THE BLESSED HOUR OF PRAYER Lyrics &nbsp; 1 &#8216;Tis the blessed hour of prayer, when our hearts lowly bend, And we gather to Jesus, our Savior and Friend; If we come to Him in faith, His protection to share, What a balm for the weary! O [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[120],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-english-seventh-day-adventist-hymnal"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9111\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/treasurehymns.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}