He Will Answer

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Prayer is the strong but secret chain

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Prayer is the strong but secret chain]
Published in 4 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Pray’r is the strong but secret chain
Which ever heav’n and earth unites;
And God, in love for fallen man,
Us to the throne of grace invites.

Refrain:
He will answer, he will answer,
Dare to trust him anywhere,
God will hear and answer pray’r,
He will answer, He will answer,
God will hear and answer pray’r.

2 Whatever need of heart or soul
The Spirit hath to you revealed,
To God in fervent pray’r hold on
Till he the cry of faith hath sealed. [Refrain]

3 The sinner’s penitential cry
Is always music to his ear;
If sin your burden is, draw nigh
In faith, he’s sure your pray’r to hear. [Refrain]

4 Sometimes the answer seems delayed,
Then wait and his salvations see;
For in his own good time and way,
The pray’r of faith shall answered be. [Refrain]

Source: The Old Story in Song Number Two #15

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Prayer is the strong but secret chain
Title:	He Will Answer
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He will answer, He will answer
Copyright:	Public Domain