p. 732 | The Home Circle

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 4, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 46.

The Home Circle.

THE LORD'S PRAYER.

[The following beautiful composition was found in Charleston, S. C., during the war. It is printed on very heavy yellow satin, and is quite a literary curiosity.]

THOU to the mercy-seat our souls dost gather, To do our duty unto thee,......OUR FATHER, To whom all praise, all honor should be given; For thou art the great God......WHO ART IN HEAVEN, Thou, by thy wisdom, rul'st the world's whole frame; Forever, therefore,......HALLOWED BE THY NAME; Let nevermore delays divide us from Thy glorious grace, but let......THY KINGDOM COME; Let thy commands opposed be by none, But thy good pleasure and......THY WILL BE DONE; And let our promptness to obey, be even The very same......IN EARTH AS 'TIS IN HEAVEN. Then for our souls, O Lord, we also pray, Thou wouldst be pleased to......GIVE US THIS DAY The food of life, wherewith our souls are fed, Sufficient raiment, and......OUR DAILY BREAD; With every needful thing do thou relieve us, And of thy mercy, pity......AND FORGIVE US All our misdeeds, for Him whom thou didst please To make an offering, for......OUR TRESPASSES. And forasmuch, O Lord, as we believe That thou wilt pardon us......AS WE FORGIVE, Let that love teach, wherewith thou dost acquaint us, To pardon all......THOSE WHO TRESPASS AGAINST US; And though, sometimes, thou find'st we have forgot This love for thee, yet help......AND LEAD US NOT, Through soul or body's want, to desperation, Nor let earth's gain drive us......INTO TEMPTATION; Let not the soul of any true believer Fall in the time of trial,......BUT DELIVER, Yea, save them from the malice of the devil, And both in life and death, keep......US FROM EVIL. Thus pray we, Lord, for that of thee, from whom This may be had......FOR THINE IS THE KINGDOM. This world is of thy work its wond'rous story, To thee belongs......THE POWER AND THE GLORY; And all thy wondrous works have ended never, But will remain forever, and......FOREVER. Thus we poor creatures would confess again, And thus would say eternally......AMEN.