Alone with God, my Fa­ther,
In the sec­ret place of pray­er,
Not a thought, or wish, or pur­pose I with­hold;
I com­mune with Him most free­ly,
And my in­most soul lay bare,
And lin­ger till I feel His love en­fold.

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’Tis a Beth­el sweet, wher­ev­er thus we meet,
’Tis the very gate of Hea­ven to my soul;
The face of Him who made my spir­it whole.

Alone with Christ, my Sav­ior,
In the de­sert-place apart,
There my wea­ry soul finds rest from cum­b’ring care,
And I feel a twi­light still­ness
Fall up­on my trou­bled heart,
As Je­sus gent­ly whis­pers to me there.

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Alone with God, the Spi­rit,
Blessèd Pa­ra­clete di­vine,
Who in my be­half for­ev­er intercedes;
It is He who keeps me walk­ing,
Making Je­sus’ foot­steps mine,
With all-suf­fi­cient grace to meet my needs.

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