Prayer Is The Soul's Sincere Desire
- Words:
- James Montgomery
- Music:
- Traditional American Melody, Arr. by Robert G. McCutchan
Sheet music
- 1Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,Unuttered or expressed;The motion of a hidden fireThat trembles in the breast.Prayer is the simplest form of speechThat infant lips can try;Prayer, the sublimest stains that reachThe Majesty on high.
- 2Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,Returning from his ways;While angels in their songs rejoiceAnd cry. "Behold, he prays!Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,The Christian’s native air,His watch-word at the gates of death:He enters heav’n with prayer.
- 3O Thou, by whom we come to God,The Life, the Truth. the Way,The path of prayer, Thyself hast nod:Lord, teach us how to pray!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1818, the words are in 882 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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