The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12630

12630. Pray For Me

1 When you at the footstool of mercy
Are sending to Heaven your plea,
Remember in your intercession
To offer a prayer, too, for me.

Refrain:
Pray for me, pray for me,
Wherever on earth you may be.
For, O it will help in the battle of life
To know you are praying for me.

2 What tho’ we may part far asunder,
Divided by land and by sea,
I know I’ll have heavenly blessings
If you will keep praying for me. [Refrain]

3 I ask not a lengthy petition,
But yet when upon bended knee,
’Twill comfort me much on life’s journey
To think you are praying for me. [Refrain]

4 Until we shall meet over yonder,
Our King and Redeemer to see,
For you, my dear friends, I’ll keep praying,
While you are all praying for me. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: When you at the footstool of mercy
• Title: Pray For Me
• Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1920, alt.)
• Refrain First Line: Pray for me, pray for me
• Language: English
• Source: Billows of Praise by Rufus H. Cornelius (Fort Worth, TX: R. H. Cornelius, 1920)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [When you at the footstool of mercy]
• Composer: R. L. Ferguson
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain