A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

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And cry, “Behold he prays!”

O Thou by whom we come to God,

The life, the truth, the way,

The path of prayer Thyself hath trod,—

Lord, teach us how to pray.

J. Montgomery.

Arrested suns and tranquill’d seas declare

To heav’n and earth th’ omnipotence of prayer,

That gives the hopeless hope, the feeble might,

Outruns the swift, and puts the strong to flight,