O Thou That Hearest Prayer (Burton)

O Thou that hear­est pray­er

Attend our hum­ble cry

And let Thy serv­ants share

Thy bless­ing from on high:

We plead the pro­mise of Thy Word;

Grant us Thy Ho­ly Spir­it

Lord.

If earth­ly par­ents hear

Their child­ren when they cry

If they

with love sin­cere

Their child­ren’s wants sup­ply

Much more wilt Thou Thy love dis­play

And an­swer when Thy child­ren pray.

Our heav­en­ly Fa­ther

Thou!

We

child­ren of Thy grace!

O let Thy Spir­it now

Descend

and fill the place;

That all may feel the heav­en­ly flame

And all unite to praise Thy name.

O may that sacr­ed fire

Descending from ab­ove

Our quick­ened hearts in­spire

With fer­vent zeal and love

Enlighten our be­cloud­ed eyes

And teach our earth-bound souls to rise.

And send Thy Spir­it down

On all the na­tions

Lord

With great suc­cess to crown

The preach­ing of Thy Word;

Till hea­then lands shall own Thy sway

And cast their id­ol-gods away.

Then shall Thy king­dom come

Among our fall­en race

And the whole earth be­come

The tem­ple of Thy grace;

Whence pure de­vo­tion shall as­cend

And songs of praise

till time shall end.