"When thou prayest, enter into thy closet,
and when thou hast shut thy door..."
- Matthew 6:6
Father of Jesus Christ, my Lord,
I humbly seek thy face,
Encourag'd by the Saviour's word,
To ask thy pard'ning grace.
Ent'ring into my closet, I
The busy world exclude,
In secret prayer for mercy cry,
And groan to be renew'd.
Thy grace I languish to receive,
The Spirit of love and power,
Blamless before thy face to live,
To live and sin no more.
Fain would I all thy goodness feel,
And know my sins forgiven,
And do on earth thy perfect will,
As angels to in heaven.
The Methodist Pocket Hymn-Book. New York:
J. Soule and T. Mason Publishing Co., 1818.
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