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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 1, 1863

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 22, No. 14.

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Prayer.

"FATHER in heaven! gently bend To hear the cry thy children send Up to thy throne! The language of each voiceless sigh, The lifting of each tearful eye To thee are known.
O thou, upon whose kingly brow Resteeth the crown of glory now, Saviour divine! The rugged road we fainting tread, On its most cruel crags, is red With blood of thine.
O! aid us in this darkened hour, Above us angry tempests lower; Snares are beneath; Bleeding and sick, with inward smart, Oppressed with doubts and dreads, the heart Could pray for death.
To lift our load of guilt was laid On thee a weight of woe, in dread Gethsemane.
O Saviour—man! our brother priest! To whom shall mourners turn for rest, If not to thee ?
All blind and helpless would we come, To seek in thee peace, comfort, home;— Our only plea, Thou didst the form of mortals wear— Thou didst the griefs of mortals bear On Calvary."