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The Lord's Prayer. From Proverbial Philosophy

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Inquirest thou, man, wherewithal may I come unto the Lord?     And with what wonder-working sounds may I move the majesty of heaven?     There is a model to thy hand; upon that do thou frame thy supplication;     Wisdom hath measured its words; and redemption urgeth thee to use them.     Call thy God thy Father, and yet not thine alone,     For thou art but one of many, thy brotherhood is with all:     Remember his high estate, that he dwelleth King of Heaven;     So shall thy thoughts be humbled, nor love be unmixed with reverence:     Be thy first petition unselfish, the honour of Him who made thee.     And that in the depths of thy heart his memory be shrined in holiness:     Pray for that blessed time, when good shall triumph over evil.     And one universal temple echo the perfections of Jehovah:     Bend thou to his good will, and subserve his holy purposes.     Till in thee, and those around thee, grow a little heaven upon earth:     Humbly, as a grateful almsman, beg thy bread of God,     Bread for thy triple estate, for thou hast a trinity of nature:     Humility smootheth the way, and gratitude softeneth the heart,     Be then thy prayer for pardon mingled with the tear of penitence;     Yea, and while, all unworthy, thou leanest on the hand that should smite,     Thou canst not from thy fellows withhold thy less forgiveness.     To thy Father thy weaknesses are known, and thou hast not hid thy sin,     Therefore ask him, in all trust, to lead thee from the dangers of temptation;     While the last petition of the soul, that breatheth on the confines of prayer.     Is deliverance from sin and the evil one, the miseries of earth and hell.     And wherefore, child of hope, should the rock of thy confidence be sure?     Thou knowest that God heareth, and promiseth an answer of peace;     Thou knowest that he is King, and none can stay his hand;     Thou knowest his power to he boundless, for there is none other:     And to Him thou givest glory, as a creature of his workmanship and favour.     For the never-ending term of thy saved and bright existence. Transcribed from the 25th edition "Proverbial Philosophy by Martin Farquhar Tupper" by Mick Puttock, August 2011 (Spelling, punctuation and grammer left mostly unchanged from the 25th edition)

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