C. M.

Praise to God for hearing prayer.

Now shall my solemn vows be paid

To that Almighty Power,

That heard the long requests I made

In my distressful hour.

My lips and cheerful heart prepare

To make his mercies known;

Come, ye that fear my God, and hear

The wonders he has done.

When on my head huge sorrows fell,

I sought his heav'nly aid;

He saved my sinking soul from hell,

And death's eternal shade.

If sin lay covered in my heart,

While prayer employed my tongue,

The Lord had shown me no regard,

Nor I his praises sung.

But God (his name be ever blest)

Has set my spirit free;

Nor turned from him my poor request,

Nor turned his heart from me.