Church Book ‎#27

27. Lord, teach us how to pray aright

1 Lord, teach us how to pray aright,
With reverence and with fear:
Though dust and ashes in Thy sight,
We may, we must draw near.

2 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin,
In weakness, want, and woe,
Fightings without and fears within,
Lord, whither shall we go?

3 God of all grace, we come to Thee
With broken, contrite hearts;
Give, what Thine eye delights to see,
Truth in the inward parts.

4 Give deep humility; the sense
Of godly sorrow give;
A strong desire, with confidence,
To hear Thy voice and live:

5 Faith in the only Sacrifice
That can for sin atone;
To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes
On Christ, on Christ alone:

6 Give these, and then Thy will be done.
Thus strengthened with all might,
We, through Thy Spirit and Thy Son,
Shall pray, and pray aright.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, teach us how to pray aright
• Author: James Montgomery (1819)
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: Worship: General Petitions; Sundays in Lent; Lent, First Sunday; Easter Season, Sixth Sunday; Eleventh Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Alternate tune #83 or #395

Tune Information

• Name: DUNFERMLINE
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain. Source from index: Scotch Psalter, 1615