The Time for Prayer

Pacific Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Oakland, California · May 24, 1877

The Time for Prayer.

WHEN is the time for prayer? With the first beams that light the morning sky, Ere for the toils of the day thou dost prepare, Lift up thy thoughts on high; Commend thy loved ones to his watchful care; Morn is the time for prayer.

And in the noontide hour, If worn by toils or by sad cares oppressed, Then unto God thy spirit's sorrow pour, And he will give thee rest; Thy voice shall reach him through the fields of air; Noon is the time for prayer.

When the bright sun hath set, And while eve's bright colors deck the skies; When with the loved at home again thou'st met, Then let thy prayers arise For those who in thy joys and sorrows share; Eve is the time for prayer.

And when the stars come forth— When to the trusting heart sweet hopes are given, And the deep stillness of the hour gives birth To pure, bright dreams of Heaven; Kneel to thy God—ask strength, life's ills to bear; Night is the time for prayer.

When is the time for prayer? In every hour, while life is spared to thee, In crowds or solitude, in joy or care, Thy thoughts should heavenward flee. At home, at noon or eve, with loved ones there, Bend thou the knee in prayer.