901    112th     John Berridge
“Let my prayer be ... as incense.” Ps. 141. 2; 5. 3

1 A godliness which feeds on form,
  And lip devotion, barren cheer,
  Will satisfy an earthly worm,
  Who learns to think and call it prayer;
  Contented with the husky part,
  A moving lip and silent heart.

2 O Lord, thy Spirit’s aid impart,
  And fill me with devotion’s fire;
  Create anew my waiting heart,
  And heavenly breathings there inspire;
  Bid heart and flesh cry out for thee,
  And thou my joyful portion be!

3 Let incense smoking from my breast,
  In praise and prayer ascend thy hill;
  And where I rove, or where I restt,
  Do thou, O God, surround me still;
  My heavenly intercourse increase,
  Till as a river flows my peace.