268 Inward Religion. S. M. METHODIST COL. Prayer. 1 THE praying spirit breathe, By worldly thoughts opprest; 2 Swift to my rescue come, Thy own this moment seize; O'er all the earth abroad, Arrest the prisoner of thy love, 269 MONTGOMERY. C. M. What is Prayer? 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The upward glancing of an eye, 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech Prayer the sublimest strains that reach 4 Prayer is the Christian's vital breath, The watchword at the gates of death; 5 Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice, While angels in their songs rejoice, 6 In prayer, on earth, the saints are one; When with the Father and the Son Sweet fellowship they find. 7 0 thou, by whom we come to God, 270 C. M. H. H. MILMAN. Praying for Divine Welp. 1 0 HELP US, Lord! each hour of need Help us in thought, and word, and deed, 2 O help us, when our spirits bleed, And when our hearts are cold and dead, 3 O help us, through the prayer of faith For still the more the servant hath, 4 O help us, Father! from on high; As thine in heaven to be. 271 C. M. MONTGOMERY. Preparation of the Heart. 1 LORD, teach us how to pray aright, 2 Burdened with guilt, convinced of sin, 3 God of all grace, we come to thee, 4 Give deep humility; the sense To hear thy voice and live; 5 Patience, to watch, and wait, and weep, 6 Give these, and then thy will be done; Thus strengthened with all might, Shall pray, and pray aright. 272 L. M. 61. ANONYMOUS. The Gospel adapted to Give Peace and Rest. 1 PEACE, troubled soul, whose plaintive moan Cease thy complaint, suppress thy groan, 2 Come, freely come, by sin oppressed, Thy God's thy Saviour - glorious word! 273 7s. M. J. TAYLOR. Sins Confessed and Mourned. 1 GOD of mercy, God of love, 2 Deep regret for follies past, |