Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOME MISSION PRAYER, by WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT


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First Line: Look from thy sphere of endless day
Subject(s): Prayer


Look from your sphere of endless day,
O God of mercy and of might;
In pity look on those who stray
So blindly in this land of light.


Send us, your people, Lord, to call
The thoughtless, hardened young and old,
A scattered homeless flock, till all
Are gathered in your peaceful fold.


Give us your mighty Word, to speak
Till faith is born and doubts depart,
To awe the bold, to stay the weak,
And bind and heal the broken heart.


Then all these wastes, a dreary scene
That makes us sadden as we gaze,
Shall bloom with living waters green
And lift to heav'n the voice of praise.
Amen






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