Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE PRAYER MEETING, by AMOS RUSSEL WELLS



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First Line: We meet - one another, and friendship expands
Last Line: We shall meet in the meeting that never adjourns.
Subject(s): Prayer Meetings


We meet -- one another, and friendship expands
As eye catches eye, and as hands welcome hands.
The touch of good fellowship thrills to the soul,
And each is inspired by the zeal of the whole.

We meet -- the dear Saviour, unseen and unheard;
We leap to the vision, we feed on the word;
His presence, so loving, so wise, and so strong,
Is felt in each moment of prayer or of song.

We meet -- our ideals; exulting we see
The grace that our living might blessedly be.
We burn with the joy of that promised delight,
And spring to achieve it in heaven-born might.

So meeting, we practise the life of true men;
So parting, we part but to gather again;
Till soon -- how the spirit awaits it and yearns! --
We shall meet in the meeting that never adjourns.





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