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PRAYER FOR REVIVAL.

Come from the four winds, O breath! and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. —Ezek. xxxvii. 7, 9.

Spirit of everlasting grace,
Infinite source of life, come down:
These tombs unlock, these dead upraise,
Thy glorious power and love make known.
Breathe o'er this valley of the dead;
Send forth thy quickening might abroad,
Till, rising from their tombs, they spread,
In full array,—the host of God.
Thine heritage lies desolate,
And all thy pleasant places mourn;
O look upon our low estate,—
In loving kindness, Lord, return.
Now let thy glory be revealed,
Now let thy presence with us rest;
O heal us and we shall be healed:
O bless us and we shall be blest!