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<h2>PRAYER IS THE SOUL’S SINCERE DESIRE</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“Lord, teach us to pray.” Luke 11:1</h3></p>
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<td><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_d_y_dykes_jb.jpg" alt="John Bacchus Dykes (1823-1876)" width="133.333333333333" height="200"></td>
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<td><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_o_montgomery_j.html" target="_blank">James Montgomery</a>, 1818. He wrote the lyrics at the request of <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_b_i_bickersteth_eh.html" target="_blank">Edward Bickersteth</a>, who wanted them for his book <em>Treatise on Prayer</em>. Montgomery called this “the most attractive hymn I ever wrote.”
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<p><em>Music:</em> “St. Agnes,” <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_d_y_dykes_jb.html" target="_blank">John Bacchus Dykes</a>, 1866 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_s_t_stagnes.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,<br>
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Unuttered or expressed;<br>
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The motion of a hidden fire<br>
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That trembles in the breast.</p>
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<p>Prayer is the burden of a sigh,<br>
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The falling of a tear<br>
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The upward glancing of an eye,<br>
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When none but God is near.</p>
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<p>Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,<br>
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The Christian’s native air,<br>
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His watchword at the gates of death;<br>
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He enters heaven with prayer.</p>
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<p>O Thou, by Whom we come to God,<br>
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The Life, the Truth, the Way;<br>
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The path of prayer Thyself hast trod:<br>
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Lord, teach us how to pray!</p>
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<p>Prayer is the contrite sinner’s voice,<br>
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Returning from his ways,<br>
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While angels in their songs rejoice<br>
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And cry, “Behold, he prays!”</p>
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<p>The saints in prayer appear as one<br>
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In word, in deed, and mind,<br>
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While with the Father and the Son<br>
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Sweet fellowship they find.</p>
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<p>No prayer is made by man alone<br>
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The Holy Spirit pleads,<br>
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And Jesus, on th’eternal throne,<br>
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For sinners intercedes.</p>
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<p>O Thou by Whom we come to God,<br>
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The Life, the Truth, the Way,<br>
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The path of prayer Thyself hast trod:<br>
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Lord, teach us how to pray.</p>
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