Heart Songs

<h2><SPAN name="OUR_FATHER" id="OUR_FATHER"></SPAN>Our Father</h2> <div class="poetry"> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span class="i0"><span class="letra">T</span>EACH us, dear Lord, all that it means to say<br/></span> <span class="i0">The words, <i>Our Father</i>, when we kneel to pray,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Our Father thou, then every child of thine<br/></span> <span class="i0">Is, by the bond, a brother, Lord, of mine.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Teach us, dear Lord, all that it means to say<br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>Thy will be done</i>, when we kneel down to pray&mdash;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Thy will be done&mdash;then our proud wills must break<br/></span> <span class="i0">And lose themselves in love for Thy dear sake.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Teach us, dear Lord, all that it means to say<br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>Give us our daily bread</i>, when thus we pray;<br/></span> <span class="i0">We will be trustful when we understand,<br/></span> <span class="i0">Nor grasp the loaf from out a brother’s hand.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Teach us, dear Lord, all that it means to say,<br/></span> <span class="i0"><i>Forgive our trespasses</i>, when, meek, we pray;<br/></span> <span class="i0">Forgive! the word was made in Paradise,<br/></span> <span class="i0">And this world’s hope and faith within it lies.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span class="i0">Teach us, dear Lord, all that it means to say<br/></span> <span class="i0">The words Christ gave us, when we kneel to pray,<br/></span> <span class="i0">For when we know and live their meaning deep,<br/></span> <span class="i0">No heart will need to break, no eyes to weep.<br/></span></div> </div></div> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="page_132" id="page_132"></SPAN>{132}</span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />