The Minstrel of Zion ‎#191a

191a. Christian watchfulness

1 Lord, let my prayer like incense rise,
And when I lift my hands to thee,
As in the evening sacrifice,
Look down from heaven well pleased on me.

2 Set thou a watch to keep my tongue;
Let not my heart to sin incline;
Save me from men who practise wrong;
Let me not share their mirth and wine.

3 But let the righteous, when I stray,
Smite me in love; his strokes are kind;
His mild reproofs, like oil, allay
The wounds they make, and heal the mind.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, let my prayer like incense rise
• Title: Christian watchfulness
• Meter: L. M.
• Publication Date: 1845
• Notes: Tune: CHRISTIAN WATCHFULNESS. To the preceding Air.

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