How sweet is the bless­ing
Our hearts find in pray­er!
What com­fort and peace it in­spires!
A re­fuge in sor­row,
A sol­ace in care,
A shield in temp­ta­tion’s fierce fires.

Refrain

Prayer, pray­er,
Balm for wound­ed hearts;
Prayer, pray­er,
Shield for Sa­tan’s darts;
Prayer, pray­er,
Safeguard all the way,
Till life’s rug­ged path leads up
To realms of day.

How blest the as­sur­ance,
When tri­als as­sail,
That pray­er brings us strength to o’er­come;
That our plead­ings for suc­cor
Shall ever pre­vail,
Till at length we shall reach that blest home.

Refrain

The young and the ag­èd
Rejoice in its pow­er,
The weak and the wea­ry at heart;
Thro’ life’s toil­some jour­ney,
In death’s try­ing hour
Its pro­mises will not de­part.

Refrain