790    112th     J. Hart
Jabez’s Prayer. 1 Chron. 4. 9, 10

1 A saint there was in days of old
  (Though we but little of him hear)
  In honour high, of whom is told
  A short, but an effectual prayer.
  This prayer, my brethren, let us view,
  And try if we can pray so too.

2 [He called on Israel’s God, ’tis said;
  Let us take notice first of that;
  Had he to any other prayed,
  To us it had not mattered what;
  For all true Israelites adore
  One God, Jehovah, and no more.]

3 “O that thou would’st me bless indeed,
  And that thou would’st enlarge my bound;
  And let thy hand in every need
  A guide and help be with me found;
  That thou would’st cause that evil be
  No cause of pain and grief to me.”

4 [What is it to be blest indeed,
  But to have all our sins forgiven;
  To be from guilt and terror freed,
  Redeemed from hell, and sealed for heaven;
  To worship an incarnate God,
  And know he saved us by his blood?

5 And next, to have our coast enlarged
  Is, that our hearts extend their plan;
  From bondage and from fear discharged,
  And filled with love to God and man;
  To cast off every narrow thought,
  And use the freedom Christ has brought.

6 To use this liberty aright,
  And not the grace of God abuse,
  We always need his hand, his might,
  Lest what he gives us we should lose;
  Spiritual pride would soon creep in,
  And turn his very grace to sin.]

7 This prayer, so long ago preferred,
  Is left on sacred record thus;
  And this good prayer by God was heard,
  And kindly handed down to us.
  Thus Jabez prayed, for that’s his name.
  May all believers pray the same.