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Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.
God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
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God answers sharp and sudden on some prayers,
And thrusts the thing we have prayed for in our face,
A gauntlet with a gift in 't.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough.
O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.
O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.
Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
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Pray to be perfect, though material leaven
Forbid the spirit so on earth to be;
But if for any wish thou darest not pray,
Then pray to God to cast that wish away.
And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
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And from the prayer of Want, and plaint of Woe,
O never, never turn away their ear!
Forlorn, in this bleak wilderness below,
Ah! what were man, should Heaven refuse to hear!
She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer
And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."
She knows omnipotence has heard her prayer
And cries, "It shall be done--sometimes, somewhere."
