762--Prayer is the incense of a holy heart

Prayer is the incense of a holy heart

762

	1.	Prayer is the incense of a holy heart
		Rising to God from bruised and broken
		things,
		When kindled by the Spirit's burning
		breath
		And upward borne by faith's burning
		breath
		And upward borne by faith's ascending
		wings.
	2.	Prayer is the perfume of the plants of
		grace,
		The flowers of patience, faith, and
		suffering love;
		Treasured in "vials full of odors
		sweet,"
		God breathes their fragrance in His
		courts above.
	3.	Prayer is th' ascending vapor which
		supplies
		The showers of blessing, and the
		stream that flows
		Through earth's dry places, till on
		every side
		"The wilderness shall blossom as the
		rose."
	4.	Prayer is the heavenly telephone that
		brings
		The distant near, till heaven to earth
		comes down,
		And in our Father's ear and heart we
		may
		Our burdens tell and all our sorrows
		drown.
	5.	Prayer is the wireless telegraph that
		sends
		Its heart throbs on the ether waves of
		heaven;
		It finds the heart of God, and back to
		earth
		The answering thrill to faith and love
		are given.
	6.	Prayer is the golden pipes the Spirit
		fills,
		Which feed the lamps of God with oil
		divine,
		And, as with one accord we wait and
		pray,
		The Spirit fills, the lamps with
		brightness shine.
	7.	Prayer is the mightiest force of earth
		and heaven,
		Prayer is the very dynamite of God;
		It moves the hand that all things moves,
		and turns
		The living wheels that sweep through
		earth abroad.
	8.	Teach us to pray! Move on our hearts,
		O Lord,
		Till Thine own passion all our being
		move!
		Teach us! Pray in us, till our prayer
		shall be
		Christ in us praying to the Christ
		above!
	9.	Teach us to pray! Reveal Thy will to
		us,
		Till Thine own purpose all our being
		move!
		Teach us! Pray in us, till our prayer
		shall be
		God in us answering to the God above!