But maybe prayer is a road to rise,
A mountain path leading toward the skies
To assist the spirit who truly tries.
But it isn't a shibboleth, creed, nor code,
It isn't a pack-horse to carry your load,
It isn't a wagon, it's only a road.
And perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries
Is not the goal, but the exercise!
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Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall read more
Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall thus cunningly
Conveys soft whispers to the ear.
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!
They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
In prayer it is better to have a heart without words than words without a heart.
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.
Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
I ask not a life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done,
But that read more
I ask not a life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done,
But that life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare of the sun;
I would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to myself:
Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying
There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
Hope, he called, belief
In God,--work, worship . . . therefore let us pray!
