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O God! may I look up to thee? - The Young Believer's Prayer
(Charlotte Elliott/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

The Young Believer's Prayer.

"Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near." (Isaiah 55,6)

1. O God! may I look up to thee?
  I would address thee if I may;
and this my one request should be,
  teach me to pray. PDF - Midi

2. Now, in my sorrow, I would ask,
  what thoughts to think, what words to say;
prayer is a new and arduous task;
  teach me to pray.

3. A heartless form will not suffice,
  the self-deemed rich are sent away;
the heart must bring the sacrifice –
  teach me to pray.

4. To whom shall I, thy creature, turn?
  whom else address? whom else obey?
Teach me the lesson I would learn –
  teach me to pray.

5. Now, in my hour of trouble, deign
  to bow my spirit to thy sway;
now, let me ask thee not in vain –
  teach me to pray.

6. To thee alone my eyes look up,
  turn not, O God, thy face away,
prayer is my only door of hope –
  teach me to pray.

Charlotte Elliott, Selections from the Poems of Charlotte Elliott, 145-146.

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