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Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered, or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. |
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Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear; The upward glancing of an eye When none but God is near. |
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Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try; Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high. |
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Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's native air; His watchword at the gates of death; He enters rest with prayer. |
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The saints in prayer appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind; While with the Father and the Son Sweet fellowship they find. |
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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. |