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A Prayer.
Oh God! in mercy lendTo me Thy kind and gracious ear,While I pour out my soul to Thee,In fervent, humble prayer.
Do Thou Thy Spirit send,And melt this stony heart of mine;For constantly temptation callsMy thoughts from things divine.
E'en now the tempter comes,While here before thy throne I bow;And he is strong in power, Oh God,—But stronger, Lord, art Thou.
Therefore, to Thee I cry,That Thou mayst graciously impartThine all-sufficient aid to me,Against the tyrant's art.
For of myself, I amA poor, unworthy, helpless thing;By nature to all evil prone,And more by practising.
Oh, then, increase my faith,And all my want of strength supply;And from me take my load of guilt,While prostrate here I lie.
Grant this, for Jesus' sake,Thy well-beloved, only Son;Whom with the Holy Ghost and Thee,We worship, Three in One.