Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
Topic: The Church/Prayer and Social Meetings
Writer: <no first name given> Montgomery
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 565
Page Number: 342, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPrayer is the soul's sincerce desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.
Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.
Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice,
And say -- "Behold, he prays."
Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gate of death;
He enters heaven with a prayer.