Lord, teach us how to pray aright, <br />With reverence and with fear; <br />Though dust and ashes in Thy sight, <br />We may, we must draw near. <br /> <br />We perish if we cease from prayer; <br />O grant us power to pray; <br />And when to meet Thee we prepare, <br />Lord, meet us by the way. <br /> <br />God of all grace, we come to Thee <br />With broken, contrite hearts; <br />Give what Thine eye delights to see, <br />Truth in the inward parts. <br /> <br />Faith is the only sacrifice <br />That can for sin atone; <br />To cast our hopes, to fix our eyes, <br />On Christ, on Christ alone. <br /> <br />Patience to watch, and wait, and weep, <br />Though mercy long delay; <br />Courage our fainting souls to keep, <br />And trust Thee though Thou slay. <br /> <br />Give these, and then Thy will be done, <br />Thus, strengthened with all might, <br />We, through Thy Spirit and Thy Son, <br />Shall pray, and pray aright.<br /><br />James Montgomery<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/lord-teach-us-how-to-pray-aright/
