Plead with the God of love

October 5

Plead with the God of love,
Pray, Christian, pray;
Call on the throne above,
Pray, Christian, pray.
Ask, for the need is sore;
Seek for the secret store;
Knock at His mercy’s door,
Pray, Christian, pray.

Prayer is a weapon strong,
Pray, Christian, pray;
Wield it against the wrong,
Pray, Christian, pray.
Mightier deeds are wrought,
Knightlier battles fought
Praying than man e’er tho’t:
Pray, Christian, pray.

Say not the fields are sear;
Pray, Christian, pray;
Deem not the prospect drear,
Pray, Christian, pray.
Faith shall revive with prayer,
Hope shall her harvest bear,
Love never can despair:
Pray, Christian, pray.

Look on the blight and stain,
Pray, Christian, pray;
Think on the toil and pain,
Pray, Christian, pray.
Earth, with her guilty fears,
Her wrongs and bitter tears,
Sighs through the weary years:
Pray, Christian, pray.

Plead every promise old,
Pray, Christian, pray;
O for a faith more bold!
Pray, Christian, pray.
Let naught thy soul appall,
Satan is doomed to fall!
Christ shall be Lord of all:
Pray, Christian, pray.
     J. H. Sammis