Text: | Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | BURFORD |
1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or exprest,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.
3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.
4 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice
And cry, "Behold, he prays!"
5 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gates of death--
He enters heaven with pray'r.
6 The saints in prayer appear as one
In word and deed and mind,
While with the Father and the Son
Sweet fellowship they find.
7 Nor prayer is made by man alone--
The Holy Spirit pleads,
And Jesus on th'eternal throne
For sinners intercedes.
8 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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Prayer is the soul's sincere desire |
Title: | Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire |
Author: | James Montgomery (1818, alt.) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1941 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Prayer |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | BURFORD |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | f minor |
Source: | "Psalmody," John Chetham, 1718 |