Prayer by Mrs. M. M. Barton

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Mar 11, 1913

Prayer

By Mrs. M. M. Barton

O, I love to talk with Jesus, How it soothes my troubled heart, Just to tell Him all my trials, And His loving care impart.

Yes, He drives away my anguish, Or gives grace, and helps me bear All the burdens of this earth-life, That my heart would break and tear.

O, such loving consolation He doth give me when I pray; As I tell Him all my heartaches, How He drives them all away.

And He whispers to me gently, While He soothes my troubled fears; And He tells me, "Child, I'm with thee, Will be with thee, all thy years."

And then when I leave my closet, And to round of duties go, I'm buoyed up above the trial, For I've told Him, and He knows

How to take away the heartache, And so fill me with His love That my heart is tuned to praises, And my thoughts are turned above.

Rutland, Vermont.