Oh, For a Heart

Oh! for a heart that is burdened!

Infused with a passion to pray;

Oh! for a stirring within me;

Oh! for His power every day.

 

Oh! for a heart like my Saviour,

Who, being in agony, prayed.

Such caring for others, Lord, give me;

On my heart let burdens be laid.

 

My Father, I long for this passion,

To pour myself out for the lost ---

To lay down my life to save others ---

"To pray," whatever the cost.

 

Lord, teach me, Oh teach me this secret,

I'm hungry this lesson to learn,

This passionate passion for others,

For this, blessed Jesus, I yearn.

 

Father, this lesson I long for from Thee ---

Oh, let Thy Spirit reveal this to me.

 

 

--- Mary Warburton Booth

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