Pray without ceasing

553 C. M. Pray without ceasing.

SHEPHERD Divine, our wants relieve
   In this our evil day;
   To all thy tempted foll’wers give
   The power to watch and pray.

2 Long as our fiery trials last,-
   Long as the cross we bear,-
   O let our souls on thee be cast
   In never-ceasing prayer.

3 Till thou thy perfect love impart;
   Till thou thyself bestow,
   Be this the cry of every heart,—
   I will not let thee go;—

4 I will not let thee go, unless
   Thou tell thy name to me;
   With all thy great salvation bless,
   And make me all like thee.

5 Then let me on the mountain-top
   Behold thy open face;
   Where faith in sight is swallow’d up,
   And prayer in endless praise.
                          Charles Wesley
                          Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)