Hymns for Youth ‎#140

140. Lord, Teach us How to Pray Aright

1. Lord, teach us how to pray aright,
With reverence and with fear;
Though dust and ashes in thy sight,
We may, we must draw near.

2. We perish if we cease from prayer;
O grant us power to pray;
And, when to meet thee we prepare,
Lord, meet us by the way.

3. God of all grace, we come to thee
With broken, contrite hearts;
Give, what thine eye delights to see,
Truth in the inward parts.

Text Information

• First Line: Lord, teach us how to pray aright
• Title: Lord, Teach us How to Pray Aright
• Author: James Mongtomery, 1771-1854 (Altered)
• Meter: C M
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1966

Tune Information

• Name: SONG 67
• Composer: Orlando Gibbons, 1583-1625
• Meter: C M
• Incipit: 15345 66551 67761
• Key: C Major
• Copyright: Altered music from Geer's Hymnal for Colleges and Schools. Used with permission of Yale University Press.