A Peculiar Experience.
"I ask'd the Lord that I might grow
In faith, and love, and every grace;
Might more of His salvation know,
And seek more earnestly His face.
"'Twas He who taught me thus to pray;
And He, I trust, has answer'd prayer,
But it has been in such a way
As almost drove me to despair.
"I hoped that in some favour'd hour