I Love to Pray
Author: Moiselle Renstrom
Composer: Varies by tune (see below)
Languages (19)
This song text has been indexed at SingPraises.net in the following languages:
- Danish: Daglig bøn
- Dutch: Ik bid graag
- English: I Love to Pray
- Finnish: Herättyäin aamulla
- French: J’aime prier
- German: Ich bete gern
- Icelandic: Þegar morgunbirtan ber
- Indonesian: Ku Selalu Berdoa
- Italian: Mi piace pregare
- Japanese: [Unknown title]
- Khmer (Cambodian): ខ្ញុំចូលចិត្តអធិស្ឋាន
- Korean: [Unknown title]
- Mandarin (Traditional): [Unknown title]
- Norwegian: Jeg liker å be
- Portuguese: Gosto de Orar
- Samoan: Ou Te Fiafia E Tatalo
- Spanish: Me gusta orar
- Swedish: Varje morgon när jag väcks
- Tongan: ʻOku ou Manako ke Lotu
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Most common tunes for “I Love to Pray”
This chart shows the tunes that are paired with this text most frequently, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. If the text appears with the same tune in multiple editions or translations of the same hymnbook, it is only counted once.
Appearances of “I Love to Pray” over time
This timeline shows which tunes have been used with this text over time, in hymnbooks and other collections published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Copyright status of original text
This text was first published in English, in 1940 or earlier.
Public domain (not renewed)
Earliest known source: Little Stories in Song (1940).
Earliest source indexed at SingPraises.net:
Little Stories in Song (1940), 2b.
Representative lyrics
English (Original Language)
1. In the morning when I wake, Before I work or play, Always I remember To kneel and softly pray.
2. When I go to bed at night, I love to kneel and say, “Thank thee, Heav’nly Father, For blessings of the day.”
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