Pray Without Ceasing

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Pray without ceasing, wait on the Lord

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Pray without ceasing, wait on the Lord]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 Pray without ceasing, wait on the Lord,
Pleading the promise found in His Word,
You will be sure to receive a reward,—
Pray without ceasing, pray.

Refrain:
Pray without ceasing, God will reply,
If in the name of Christ you apply,
For He has promised to hear your cry,—
Pray without ceasing, pray, ever pray.

2 Pray when you’re tempted, pray when you’re tried,
Nothing you ask will e’er be denied,
If in the Master’s will you abide,—
Pray without ceasing, pray. [Refrain]

3 Pray in the sunshine, pray in the night,
Pray when your hopes have taken their flight,
Call on the Lord and all will be right,—
Pray without ceasing, pray. [Refrain]

4 Prayer is the key more precious than gold,
Op’ning the door to treasures untold,
Riches of grace unbounded unfold,
If you will ever pray. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #13

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Pray without ceasing, wait on the Lord
Title:	Pray Without Ceasing
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Pray without ceasing
Copyright:	Public Domain