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Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
But if read more
Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
But if for any wish thou darest not pray,
Then pray to God to cast that wish away.
O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.
O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.
And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
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And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,
Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
Every wish
Is like a prayer--with God.
He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.
He prayeth well who loveth well
Both man and bird and beast.