4066. 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. We perish if we cease from prayer;
O grant us power to pray;
And when to meet Thee we prepare,
Lord, meet us by the way.

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

5. Patience to watch, and wait, and weep,
Though mercy long delay;
Courage our fainting souls to keep,
And trust Thee though Thou slay.

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
Title: Lord, Teach Us How to Pray Aright
Author: James Montgomery (1818)
Meter: CMD
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tunes: ST. AGNES, John B. Dykes, 1866; ST. HUGH (HOPKINS), Edward J. Hopkins, 1862
Tune Information
Name: FIRST MODE MELODY
Composer: Thomas Tallis, 1515-1585
Meter: CMD
Incipit: 11171 32222 55425
Key: f minor
Copyright: Public Domain



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