NO PRAYER IS LOST.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIV, Issue 8916, 3 December 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

NO PRAYER IS LOST.

•' Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing J# shall receive."Matt. xxi , 2;'. No prayer is lost! Each silent-breathed petition Ascends to Heaven, and there by all li heard ; In Jesus' name each one obtains admission. And angels bend to catch that magic word. No prayer Is list! Once passing: Heaven's poital, ;; And reaching God th' Almighty Father'* ear, It doth become thenceforth a thing immortal, Jts issues stretching far beyond Time's spjere. We may not guess how man God's plan can alter, But yet we kn w no prayer can be in vain ; And though ofttlmss our trembling falih Di fniter No prayer of ours but brings eternal gain. MO prayer is lost! We pray ofttimes scaice daring To hope our prayer has reached the fatlisr'i ear, Forgetting He Hi» children'* wants is sharing, And sympathising with their every fear. As helplesu Mariners whose wator failing; Behold a ship afar, and cry for aid, Scarce thinking that their cry will be availing, . So often have we to our father praynd. No prayer is lost ! Then let not patience weary, Although the answer may be lon* delayed, Pray on ! The skies to-day so d»rk and dreary, To morrow in bright hues may be arrayed. All power, all might is His, the King of Heaven, And thou hast, thereiore, but to ask and have; For unto those who ask rll things are given, Can He withhold from those He came to save -Fairklib TKORNTOX.