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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 21

A Prayer

A Prayer.

With faith unfeigned and meek humility,
Almighty God, I wish to worship Thee;
Not with loud disputes, or vain party strife—
Religion's form without its inner life;
But, with the free-will worship of my heart,
I offer up to Thee the better part.

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Too long my mind has been a lumber-room—
A dark chaotic mass of night and gloom;
But, as at the beginning, by thy might,
Thy word but spake, and straight shone forth the light;
So hast Thou, Lord, even in my darkest hour,
Sent forth Thy mighty Spirit's quickening power,

My guard in infancy, my guide in youth,
The three in one—the Way, the Life, the Truth;
Throughout my future years, O Lord! I pray
That Thou wilt guide me in the narrow way;
Help me to keep Thy truth, from sin abstain,
And so at last eternal life to gain.