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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jan 8, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 2.

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Teach Me to Pray

By Mrs. Mary H. Williams

MRS. MARY H. WILLIAMS
As Christ’s disciples to him came, Were taught to ask in his dear name, The loving Father’s care to claim; So longingly my heart doth say, “Teach me, O Lord, to pray.”
Help me to seek, with humble heart, To find in secret place apart, Or e’en in city’s crowded mart, A Bethel by the way; There teach me how to pray.
Help me to bring an off’ring meet,— A contrite heart, with love replete For all mankind. Forgiveness sweet I know doth pave the way, And make it possible to pray.
Help me to ask aright, to gain A firmer trust. I would attain To nobler heights, else all in vain The victory of today. In perfect faith teach me to pray.
Help me another’s needs to see, And plead with importunity That I thine almoner may be To cheer the fainting on their way. With greater love teach me to pray.
As harvest fields more golden grow, Thy Spirit, Lord, on me bestow. May thy compassion through me flow With burning zeal for souls. Today, Lord of the harvest, help me pray.
Teach me to say, “Not as I will;” With patience wait on thee. Instill This lesson in my heart until My all at thy dear feet I lay; Then shall I learn to pray.
Charles City, Iowa.