Text: | Prayer is the soul's sincere desire |
Author: | James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854 |
Tune: | NAOMI |
Composer: | Lowell Mason, 1792 - 1872 |
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 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 contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways,
While angels in their songs rejoice,
And cry, 'Behold, he prays!'
5 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gates of death:
He enters heaven with prayer.
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.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Prayer is the soul's sincere desire |
Author: | James Montgomery, 1771 - 1854 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1958 |
Topic: | The Life in Christ: Petition and Intercession |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | NAOMI |
Composer: | Lowell Mason, 1792 - 1872 |
Meter: | C. M. |
Key: | E♭ Major |