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!
|
|
