Our Surest Stay

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

2In solemn midnight's silence deep,
When Nature's voice is hush'd in sleep,
Then heavy hearts with grief oppress'd May find in pray'r the sweetest rest.

3And when with red'ning blush of morn The newborn day begins to dawn,
Then upward to the mercyseat Let pray'r ascend like incense sweet.

4When midday's burning heat we feel,
When daily cares our hearts would steal,
O, then to heav'n we look away,
And find in pray'r our surest stay.