Newman Reader - Verses on Various Occasions

110. The Power of Prayer

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THERE is not on the earth a soul so base

But may obtain a place

In covenanted grace;

So that his feeble prayer of faith obtains

Some loosening of his chains,

And earnests of the great release, which rise

From gift to gift, and reach at length the eternal
prize.

All may save self;—but minds that heavenward
tower

Aim at a wider power,

Gifts on the world to shower.—

And this is not at once;—by fastings gain'd,

And trials well sustain'd,

By pureness, righteous deeds, and toils of love,

Abidance in the Truth, and zeal for God above.

At Sea.
June 24, 1833.