Text: | Prayer is the soul's sincere desire |
Author: | J. Montgomery |
Tune: | [Prayer is the soul's sincere desire] |
Composer: | John Dahle |
1 Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Unuttered or expressed;
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear,
The upward glancing of the eye,
When none but God is near.
3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.
4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gates of death;
He enters heaven with prayer.
5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice
And cry, "Behold, he prays!"
6 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Prayer is the soul's sincere desire |
Author: | J. Montgomery (1818) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Ascension; The Church Year: Fifth Sunday after Easter |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Prayer is the soul's sincere desire] |
Composer: | John Dahle (1911) |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | G Major |