The Sanctuary A Companion in Verse for the English Prayer Book. By Robert Montgomery |
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Fifth Sunday after Easter.
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Fifth Sunday after Easter.
“Whatever ye shall ask the Father in my Name, he will give it
you ------ ask, and ye shall receive.”
—Gospel for the Day.
Prayer conquers scene, and space, and time,
Entreats no temple, and demands no clime,
But, like an omnipresent charm,
Can shield the saints from all corrupting harm:—
Howe'er remote from genial home
The surging waves of life may bid them roam,
Oft riven Friendships pray afar,
Each thrilling each, beneath some alien star.
Entreats no temple, and demands no clime,
But, like an omnipresent charm,
Can shield the saints from all corrupting harm:—
Howe'er remote from genial home
The surging waves of life may bid them roam,
Oft riven Friendships pray afar,
Each thrilling each, beneath some alien star.
Elijah, Moses, Jonah, pray'd:
And, how those heroes of The Spirit sway'd
Nature, and Providence, and Man!—
As though the movements of almighty-plan,
However fathomless they were,
Hung on the breathings of a human prayer;
Or else, that He, whose will is law,
Was sway'd in heaven, by what on earth he saw.
And, how those heroes of The Spirit sway'd
Nature, and Providence, and Man!—
As though the movements of almighty-plan,
However fathomless they were,
Hung on the breathings of a human prayer;
Or else, that He, whose will is law,
Was sway'd in heaven, by what on earth he saw.
And mark, thou prayerless Thing of dust!
If doubt, thy God, and reason, be thy trust,—
How Abram, that elect of heaven
To whom the Church's promises were given,
With sixfold intercession bent
Before His wrath, enthroned Omnipotent;
And, when the bolt was almost hurl'd,
By prayer held back His thunders from the world!
If doubt, thy God, and reason, be thy trust,—
How Abram, that elect of heaven
To whom the Church's promises were given,
With sixfold intercession bent
Before His wrath, enthroned Omnipotent;
And, when the bolt was almost hurl'd,
By prayer held back His thunders from the world!
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