Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, CHAIN PRAYERS, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS


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First Line: As our faith burns brighter, longer
Last Line: For a chain needs every link.
Subject(s): Prayer


As our faith burns brighter, longer,
When a friend's true faith is near,
So our uttered prayer grows stronger
When an added prayer we hear.

Links of grateful adoration,
Links of promise, true and plain,
Links of eager supplication, --
Lengthen out the glorious chain!

"Least that's said, the soonest mended," --
So the fretful worldlings call;
"Iron chains, too far extended,
Break beneath their weight, and fall."

Add the links, and do not heed them!
With each link the weight is less.
Winged are all true prayers, and speed them
Upward to God's tenderness.

Lengthen out the long petition! --
Words that tremble, words that shrink,
Praises, sorrows, joy, contrition; --
For a chain needs every link.





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