Sweet Is the Prayer Whose Holy Stream

Sweet is the pray­er whose ho­ly stream

In ear­nest plead­ing flows:

Devotion dwells up­on the theme

And warm and warm­er grows

Faith grasps the bless­ing she de­sires

Hope points the up­ward gaze;

And Love

ce­les­ti­al Love

in­spires

The elo­quence of praise.

But sweet­er far the still small voice

Unheard by hu­man ear

When God has made the heart re­joice

And dried the bit­ter tear.

No ac­cents flow

no words as­cend;

All ut­ter­ance fail­eth there;

But God Him­self doth com­pre­hend

And an­swer si­lent pray­er.