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Secret prayer.
Matt. 6:6.
Father divine, thy piercing eye
Sees through the darkest night,
In deep retirement thou art nigh,
With heart-discerning sight.
2 There may that piercing eye survey,
My duteous homage paid,
With every morning’s dawning ray
And every evening’s shade.
3 O let thy own celestial fire
The incense still inflame;
While my warm vows to thee aspire,
Through my Redeemer’s name.
4 So shall the visits of thy love
My soul in secret bless;
So shalt thou deign in worlds above,
Thy suppliant to confess.
Doddridge.