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PRAYER by WILLIAM ARTHUR DUNKERLEY

First Line: TIS NOT THE LENGTH OF TIME WE STAY
Last Line: TO THE HEART OF HIM WHO BEARS US.
Subject(s): PRAYER; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
'Tis not the length of time we stay,
Nor the multitudinous things we say,
But the heartiness with which we pray,
That counts with Him who hears us.

Better one sigh and an upward glance,
A kindling of inward penitence,
Than years of loftiest pretence,
To the heart of Him who bears us.



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