 | Jonathan Barber - Oratory - 1836 - 404 pages
...gentle tear,. That pointed to a Savior dear, Have led the wanderer there. CVI. ON PRAYER.—Montgomery* Prayer is the Soul's sincere desire, Uttered, or unexpressed;...hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. Prayer is tho burden of a sigh. The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.... | |
 | Congregational Union of England and Wales - Congregational churches - 1836 - 624 pages
...oftener be, " Hear what the Lord hath done for me !" " Pray without ceasing." 1 Thess. v. 17. c. M. 1 PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed...motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burthen of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none... | |
 | J. Sadler - 1836 - 518 pages
...in the breast. Prayer, is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of the eye, 'When none but God is near. Prayer, is the simplest form of speech, That infant-lips can try ; Prayer the sublimest strains, that reach The Majesty on high. Prayer, is the... | |
 | 1836 - 422 pages
...overlooked in this controversy. ' Prayer is the soul's sincere desire Unutter'd or expressed ; ' ' The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Prayer is the breathing of a sigh — The falling of a tear — ; The upward glancing of an eye, . When none but... | |
 | Isaac Watts - Hymns, English - 1836 - 758 pages
...heard. Jane Taylor. HYMN 424. CM Dundee. [*] What is Prayer? 1 T^RAYER is the soul's sincere desire -T Uttered, or unexpressed ; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none... | |
 | Christian life - 1844 - 606 pages
...regard the prayer of the destitute, but he understands our plaintive breathings and broken accents. " Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear...upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near." Pray how did you learn to read ? G. An old man that was with us learned me to read ; but he is now... | |
 | R T. Linnington - 1837 - 274 pages
...sincere desire, Utter'd or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. Pray'r is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear : The...upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. Pray'r is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try ; Pray'r is the sublimest strains that... | |
 | Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna - 1837 - 596 pages
...Perhaps Agnes was wrong in this statement. If it be true, as the poet beautifully expresses itPrayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The...upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. If this be true, as I believe it to be, then did Agnes pray indeed, and her prayers were doubtless... | |
 | James Montgomery - Hymns, English - 1837 - 468 pages
...sincere desire, Utter'd, or unexpress'd ; The motion of a hidden fire, That trembles in the breast. 2 Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, AVhen none but God is near. 3 Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant-lips can try ; Prayer,... | |
 | Joy - Faith - 1837 - 174 pages
...active selfdenying duties of the day ? We need not cease from prayer when we leave the closet ; for, prayer Is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of the eye, "When none but God is near ! Can we wonder, after so weakening a process, that we should be... | |
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Prayer is the burden of a sigh, The falling of a tear ; The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near. 
