J. Montgomery

C.M.

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 an 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

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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