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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 25, 1873

PRAYER

“Let prayer be the key of the morning, and the bolt of the evening.”

WHEN the glory of the morning Breaketh into day, In the solemn stillness kneeling, To thy Father pray.

At the noon-day, lest its burdens Lead thy thoughts astray; To thy weary task awaiting, Close thy eyes and pray.

When the last beam from the west, Slowly fades away; In the sacred twilight resting, Forget not to pray.

In thy spirit’s hour of meekness, As with subtle snare, Drawn within the tempter’s power Refuge seek in prayer.

And when earthly hopes are stealing From thy arms away; And the joys of life receding, Do not weep, but pray.

When your hands unclasp forever, And the pains are here, Make the thrilling heart-strings quiver; There is rest in prayer.

Through life’s greeting, and its changes, Past its dawning fair, To the night which all awaiteth, There is need of prayer.