LDS Hymns – Prayer Is The Souls Sincere Desire (Guitar)

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Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire,

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Uttered or unexpressed,

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The motion of a hidden fire

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That trembles in the breast.

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Prayer is the burden of a sigh,

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The falling of a tear,

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The upward glancing of an eye

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When none but God is near.

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Prayer is the simplest form of speech

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That infant lips can try;

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Prayer, the sublimest strains that reach

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The Majesty on high.

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Prayer is the Christian’s vital breath,

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The Christian’s native air,

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His watchword at the gates of death;

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He enters heav’n with prayer.

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Prayer is the contrite sinner’s voice,

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Returning from his ways,

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While angels in their songs rejoice

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And cry, “Behold, he prays!”

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The Saints in prayer appear as one

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In word and deed and mind,

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While with the Father and the Son

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Their fellowship they find.

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Nor prayer is made on earth alone:

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The Holy Spirit pleads,

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And Jesus at the Father’s throne

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For sinners intercedes.

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O thou by whom we come to God,

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The Life, the Truth, the Way!

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The path of prayer thyself hast trod;

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Lord, teach us how to pray.