SENTENCES & RESPONSES
SDAH 668
O Thou who hearest every heartfelt prayer,
With Thy rich grace, Lord, all our hearts prepare;
Thou art our life, Thou art our love and light,
O let this Sabbath hour with Him be bright.
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These words by Frederick Arthur Jackson ask God to prepare the hearers for a Sabbath day rich in blessing. They echo the psalmist’s words, “O thou who hearest prayer, unto Thee shall all flesh come” (Ps. 65:2).
Jackson was born in Longford, three miles north of Coventry, England,on January 28, 1867, and trained at Spurgeon’s College for the Baptist ministry. He held several pastorates, beginning at Campden in Gloucestershire and ending at Little Brington, west of Northampton. He wrote a lot for religious journals; published a volume of poems, Just Beyond; and wrote some other hymns. He died at Little Brington on December 4, 1942.
MORECAMBE was published in 1870 by Frederick Cook Atkinson (1841-1896; see SDAH 266, where it is used for the words “Spirit of God”).
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Text
O Thou who hearest every heartfelt prayer,
With Thy rich grace, Lord, all our hearts prepare;
Thou art our life, Thou art our love and light,
O let this Sabbath hour with Him be bright. Amen.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
(a) Ps 65:2
Author
Frederick A. Jackson (1867-1942)
Hymn Tune
BENEDICTION
Metrical Number
10.10.10.10.
Composer
Frederick Atkinson (1841-1896)
Year Composed
1870
