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 110. The Power of Prayer  THERE is not on the earth a soul so base  But may obtain a place  In covenanted grace; So that his feeble prayer of faith obtains  Some loosening of his chains, And earnests of the great release, which rise From gift to gift, and reach at length the eternal   prize.  All may save self; but minds that heavenward   tower  Aim at a wider power,  Gifts on the world to shower. And this is not at once; by fastings gain'd,  And trials well sustain'd, By pureness, righteous deeds, and toils of love, Abidance in the Truth, and zeal for God above.

   At Sea .  June 24, 1833.