Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Prayer is the soul's sincere desire
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 701
Page Number: 420, 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 by prayer.
Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice
Returning from its 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 thyelf hast trod-
Lord, teach us how to pray!