Sweet Balm Of Prayer

"Blessed, happy, fortunate, to be envied

is everyone who fears, reveres, and worships the Lord,

who walk in His ways and lives accordingly to His commandments.

For you shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands;

happy, blessed, fortunate, enviable, shall you be,

and it shall be well with you."

Psalm 128:1-2

Summer flowers in bloom

Pray on, pray on, O trusting heart,

Let not thy courage fail;

But take thy Savior at His word,

And know thou shalt prevail.

(refrain)

Tho' the cross is hard to bear,

There is balm in secret prayer;

Go and tell thy sorrows there,

And leave it all with Jesus.

What tho' thy prayers thro' many tears

May reach His throne on high;

He knows the anguish of thy heart,

And will not pass thee by.

Tho' the cross is hard to bear,

There is balm in secret prayer;

Go and tell thy sorrows there,

And leave it all with Jesus.

Perhaps in some desponding hour,

When hope has well nigh past,

The light will burst upon thy soul,

And joy be thine at last.

Tho' the cross is hard to bear,

There is balm in secret prayer;

Go and tell thy sorrows there,

And leave it all with Jesus.

Pray on, pray on, O weary not,

Whate'er thy trial be;

But lean thy faith on Him who said,

"It shall be well with thee."

Tho' the cross is hard to bear,

There is balm in secret prayer;

Go and tell thy sorrows there,

And leave it all with Jesus.

"Sweet Balm Of Prayer"

(1900)

Written by Fanny Crosby

(1820-1915)

Prolific American hymn writer