Seemed heavier than I could longer bear,

And then it lifted-but I did not know

Some one had knelt in prayer;

Had taken me to GOD that very hour,

And asked the easeing of the load,and HE,

In infinite compassion,had stooped down

And taken it from me.

We cannot tell how often we pray

For some bewildered one, hurt and distressed,

The answer comes,but many times those hearts

Find sudden peace and rest.

Some one had prayed, and Faith, a reaching hand,

Took hold of GOD, and brought HIM down that day!

So many hearts have need of prayer: