PRAYER IS THE SOUL‟S SINCERE DESIRE

Prayer is the soul‟s sincere desire,

Uttered or unexpressed!

The motion of a hidden fire,

That trembles in the breast.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

The falling of a tear,

The upward glancing of an eye,

When none but God is near.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech

That infant lips can try;

Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach

The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the Christian‟s vital breath,

The Christian‟s native air,

His watchword at the gates of death;

He enters heaven with prayer.

The saints in prayer appear as one,

In word, and deed, and mind;

While with the Father and the Son,

Sweet fellowship they find.

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!