A PRAYER by Eliza H. Morton

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 7, 1879

A PRAYER.

By Eliza H. Morton

Eternal, infinite, all-wise, And ever-present Lord! We bow before thy “great white throne,” And call thee, Father, God! Jehovah, King! we know thy power, We feel thy tender love! We hunger for the manna sweet That cometh from above!

O God, the paths of earth are rough, Our feet are bleeding, sore; We yearn for rest at thy “right hand,” And “joys for evermore”! But, Lord, between us and that home Lie conflicts over sin; Sustained by thine almighty arm, The battle we shall win!

Our hearts are faint and trembling oft; The way seems weary, long; Our strength is weakness, but in thee Is strength eternal, strong. O fill us now with peace divine, And soften and subdue These hearts of stone, until they throb With love and joy anew!

The toil, the pain, the weariness Will soon be ever o’er; In future days unrest will flee, And sorrow come no more. This earth will brighten, ne’er to fade, With one long summer day; O hasten, Sun that never sets, And melt the mists away!

We ask these favors in One Name— A Name that’s “all in all”! Through Christ we bow and plead and pray, O hear us as we call! The “coming and the end” are near; O save us even then! And thine the glory and the power Forever, Lord. Amen.

ELIZA H. MORTON.