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At the Place of Prayer

When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep

Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Tune: [When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep,
When the night grows dreary, and the shadows deep,
There's a refuge open, blessed haven fair--
There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer!

Chorus:
There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer!
There is balm for sorrow, there is rest from care;
There is perfect peace and joy beyond compare,
There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer!

2 When the old-time power seems forever gone,
When the world forgets you as it rushes on;
When you fast are sinking into deep despair--
There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! [Chorus]

3 Jesus waits to take you in His arms of love
From the lonely valley to the heights above;
You will find sweet comfort in His presence there--
There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer! [Chorus]

Source: Victory Songs: For the Church, Sunday School and Evangelistic Services. #86

Author: Avis B. Christiansen

Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985. NN, Hymnary  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: When your cross seems heavy, and the pathway steep
Title: At the Place of Prayer
Author: Avis B. Christiansen
Language: English
Refrain First Line: There's a blessing waiting at the place of Prayer!
Publication Date: 1919
Copyright: Public Domain

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Joyful Praise #86

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Rodeheaver's Gospel Solos and Duets #160

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Victory Songs #86

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