Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
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Hymn Number: Hymn 216 (part II)
Page Number: 184 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsPRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Utter'd or unexpressed;
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 Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;
His watchword at the gates of death,
He enters Heaven with prayer.
Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;
While angels in their songs rejoice,
And cry, "behold he prays."
In prayer on earth, the saints are one,
In word, in deed, in mind;
When with the Father and the Son
Sweet fellowship they find.
No prayer is made on earth alone;
The Holy Spirit pleads;
And Jesus on the eternal throne,
For sinners intercedes.
O! Thou, by whom we come to God,
The life, the truth, the way!
The path of prayer thyself hast trod-
Lord, teach us how to pray!