Prayer is the soul's sincere desire; Uttered or unexpressed: The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast-

Prayer is the burden of a sigh; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech, That infant lips can try: Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the Christian's Vital breath; The Christian's native air: His watchword at the gates of death, He enters heaven with prayer.

The saints in prayer appear as one, In word, and deed, and mind; While with the Father and the Son, Sweet fellowship they find.

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!