May YOUR SPIRIT Within Us, Wrest All Spiritual Blessings From YOUR Yielding Hands!

The chosen pleasure-ground of our souls

(Henry Law, "Family Prayers". 

We will be publishing gems by Henry Law over 

the next month or so. Since many of these 

are prayers, you may want to pray along 

with them. You will find them quite uplifting.)

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O GOD of patience and consolation, 

glory be to YOU for this throne of grace.
Make it ever to us--the chosen pleasure-

ground of our souls.

May it be the fortress to which continually we flee.
Here may we obtain mercy and find 

grace to help in time of need.
Here may we see by faith, YOUR reconciled smile.
Here may we rejoice to plead the name of JESUS.

Here may we . . .
  sharpen the sword of the SPIRIT,
  anoint the shield of faith, and
  put on the helmet of salvation.

By prayer also, may we gather 

supplies of heavenly manna--

even the precious nourishment 

of YOUR Word. 

Thus may we be . . .
  strengthened for each conflict,
  nerved for our upward race, and
  empowered for more than conquest 

over every foe.

We know that CHRIST is the open channel 

for all blessings to descend upon us. 

Help us to beg, until the sluices of mercy 

widely open, and our souls are so replenished 

that there shall be no room to receive more.

We marvel at our cruel folly, 

that when such enriching favors 

are within our reach--

that we are so slow to extend 

the hand to take them 

Have compassion on our deadness for 

YOUR great name's sake. Quicken us,

 arouse us, stir us up, fill us with holy zeal, 

put strength into us--

that we may strive with YOU, 

and refuse to let YOU go. 

It is YOUR glory to be vanquished 

by the power of prayer. May YOUR SPIRIT 

within us, wrest all spiritual blessings 

from YOUR yielding hands!

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