1. Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,
  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 but God is near.
3. Prayer is the simplest form of speech
  That infant lips can try;
  Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
  The Majesty on high.
4. Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
  The Christian's native air;
  His watchword at the gates of death;
  He enters rest with prayer.
5. The saints in prayer appear as one,
  In word, and deed, and mind;
  While with the Father and the Son
  Sweet fellowship they find.
6. O Thou, by whom we come to God,
  The Life, the Truth, the Way,
  The path of prayer Thyself hast trod��
  Lord, teach us how to pray.