Text: | Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire |
Author: | James Montgomery |
Tune: | CAMPMEETING |
Arranger: | Robert G. McCutchan |
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 simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;
Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.
3 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;
While angels in their songs rejoice
And cry, "Behold, he prays!"
4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gates of death:
He enters heav'n with prayer.
5 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 |
Title: | Prayer Is the Soul's Sincere Desire |
Author: | James Montgomery (1818) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1974 |
Scripture: | ; ; ; |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | CAMPMEETING |
Arranger: | Robert G. McCutchan (1935) |
Meter: | C.M. |
Key: | F Major |