O the bliss of one sweet hour
When the heart for­gets its care,
And the gent­ly fall­ing show­er
Brings the joy of an­swered pray­er;
O the hap­py, hap­py tears
Bursting forth like gems of light,
While the Fa­ther’s smile ap­pears
As they spar­kle warm and bright.

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O the bliss of one sweet hour
When the heart for­gets its care,
And the gent­ly fall­ing show­er
Brings the joy of an­swered pray­er.

When our songs of rap­ture swell,
And our souls in Christ are one,
When we meet His love to tell,
O ’tis Hea­ven on earth be­gun;
And we sigh and long to stay
With the friends we hold so dear,
But the mo­ments glide away—
And our call they will not hear.

Refrain

There’ll be more of rap­ture still
Than the heart has ev­er known
When we climb the tow­er­ing hill
Leading up­ward to the throne;
Then be­yond this fleet­ing shore,
And the stormy bil­lows’ foam,
With the mill­ions gone be­fore
We shall meet and rest at home.

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