Prayer for Help by A. L. Guilford

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 7, 1865

Prayer for Help.

By A. L. Guilford

O God of Israel, hear the cries Of thy lone children here, And mark their prayers and secret-sighs On earth's dark bosom drear.

A time of trouble is at hand As ne'er was known before, E'en now 'tis coming o'er the land A time of anguish sore.

Oh, save thy remnant people, Lord, In this dark time of strife When o'er the battle field the sword And blood and death is rife.

The scene is darkening every day Upon this world of ours And it will come without delay, The end of earthly powers.

Our only hope is in the Lord, He is our sure defense, He is our Rock, and in his word We have strong confidence.

And in the distant eastern sky, By faith we see afar A glorious light is shining high, The bright and morning star.

Thou coming One do not delay To come to earth again. Oh, haste the bright and glorious day When thou shalt come to reign.

A. L. Guilford. St. Charles, Mich.