PRAYER IS THE INCENSE OF A HOLY HEART

 

1. Prayer is the incense of a holy heart

Rising to God from bruised and broken things,

When kindled by the Spirit's burning breath

And upward borne by faith's ascending wings.

 

2. Prayer is the perfume of the plants of grace,

The flow'rs of patience, faith, and suff'ring love;

Treasured in "vials full of odors sweet,''

God breathes their fragrance in His courts above.

 

3. Prayer is th' ascending vapor which supplies

The showers of blessing, and the stream that flows

Through earth's dry places, till on every side

"The wilderness shall blossom as the rose.''

 

4. Prayer is the golden pipes the Spirit fills,

Which feed the lamps of God with oil divine,

And, as with one accord we wait and pray,

The Spirit fills, the lamps with brightness shine.

 

5. Prayer is the mightiest force of earth and heav'n,

Prayer is the very dynamite of God;

It moves the hand that all things moves, and turns

The living wheels that sweep through earth abroad.

 

6. Teach us to pray!  Move on our hearts, O Lord,

Till Thine own passion all our being move!

Teach us!  Pray in us, till our prayer shall be

Christ in us praying to the Christ above!

 

 

 


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