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PRAYER PRAYER

1

God warms his hands at man's heart when he prays.

MasefieldWidow in the Bye Street. Pt. VI.


2

Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Matthew. VII. 7.


Every one that asketh receiveth; and he that
seeketh findeth.
Matthew. VII. 8.
Not what we wish, but what we want,
Oh! let thy grace supply,
The goodunask'd, in mercy grant;
The ill, though ask'd, deny.
Merrick—Hymn.
s Hear his sighs though mute;
Unskillful with what words to pray, let me
Interpret for him.
 | author = Milton
 | work = Paradise Lost.
 | place = Bk. XI. L. 31.


But that from us aught should ascend to Heav'n
So prevalent as to concern the mind
Of God, high-bless'd, or to incline His will,
Hard to belief may seem; yet this will prayer.
 | author = Milton
 | work = Paradise Lost.
 | place = Bk. XI. L. 143.
 And if by prayer
Incessant I could hope to change the will
Of Him who all things can, I would not cease
To weary Him with my assiduous cries.
 | author = Milton
 | work = Paradise Lost.
 | place = Bk. XI. L. 307.


Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered or unexpressed,
The motion of a hidden fire
That trembles in the breast.
James Montgomery—Original Hymns. What
is Prayer?
 
Prayer moves the, arm
Which moves the world,
And brings salvation down.
James Montgomery—Prayer.


As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean
Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see,
So deep in my soul the still prayer of devotion
Unheard by the world, rises silent to Thee.
Moore—As Dawn in the Sunless Retreats.


O sad estate
Of human wretchedness; so weak is man,
So ignorant and blind, that did not God
Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask,
We should be ruined at our own request.
Hannah Moris—Moses in the Bulrushes.
Pt. I.


Now I lay me down to take my sleep,
I pray thee, Lord, my sou) to keep;
If I should die before I wake,
I pray thee, Lord, my soul to take.
New England Primer. (1814)
He pray'd by quantity,
And with his repetitions, long and loud,
All knees were weary.
Pollok—Course of Time. Pt. VIII. L. 628.


Father of All! in every age,
In every clime ador'd,
By saint, by savage, and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!
 | author = Pope
 | work = Universal Prayer.


If I am right, Thy grace impart, i
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, O teach my heart
To find that better way!
 | author = Pope
 | work = Universal Prayer.


In all thou dost first let thy Prayers ascend,
And to the Gods thy Labours first commend,
From them implore Success, and hope a prosperous End.
Pythagoras—Golden Verses. L. 49. See M.
Dacter's Life of Pythagoras.


They were ordinary soldiers, just the common
Jean and Hans,
One from the valley of the Rhine and one from
fair Provence.
They were simple-hearted fellows—every night
each said his prayer:
The one prayed Vater Unser and the other
Notre Pere.
C. A. Richmond—Lord's Prayer.


At the muezzin's call for prayer,
The kneeling faithful thronged the square,
And on Pushkara's lofty height
The dark priest chanted Brahma's might.
Amid a monastery's weeds
An old Franciscan told his beads;
While to the synagogue there came
A Jew to praise Jehovah's name.
The one great God looked down and smiled
And counted each His loving child;
For Turk and Brahmin, monk and Jew
Had reached Him through the gods they knew.
Harry Romatne—Ad Coelum. In Munsey's
Mag. Jan. 1895.


I pray the prayer the Easterners do,
May the peace of Allah abide with you;
Wherever you stay, wherever you go,
May the beautiful palms of Allah grow;
Through days of labor, and nights of rest,
The love of Good Allah make you blest;
So I touch my heart—as the Easterners do,
May the peace of Allah abide with you.
Salaam Alaikum. (Peace be with you).
Author unknown.


In vota miseros ultimus cogit timor.
Fear of death drives the wretched to prayer.
Seneca—Agamemnon. 560.


Nulla res carius constat quam quae precibus
empta est.
Nothing costs so much as what is bought
by prayers.
Seneca—De Beneficiis. II. 1.