Pray at all Times

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 19, 1865

Pray at all Times.

PRAY, child of sorrow! Pour out thy weight of grief upon the Ear That never turneth from the sad one's prayer, Or heart oppressed. Thy grief shall turn to hope—sorrow to joy; A tender Father wipe thy tears away, And thou shalt rest.

Pray, child of joy! Lest in thy happiness thou turn from him Who filled thy cup of gladness to the brim; Thou needest prayer To temper to thy heart the joy it feels, For even bliss must have a stay and shield, Its weight to bear.

Pray, child of love! Lest, basking in its sunlight, thou forget The One whose sun of love will never set, During all time; Lest thou, rejoicing in the love of earth, Turn from the fountain pure that gave it birth, The source divine.

Pray at all times! When sorrows press like lead upon thy heart, Or when deep joy maketh the glad tears start, Or yet when love Sheldeth its bright effulgence o'er thy brow, Pray that through every scene thy heart may bow To God above. [Sab. Rec.