Prayer + 

This sacred right none are denied, + 

Which makes the soul to Christ allied; + 

Man bends the heart and bows the knee, + 

And knows in prayer that he is free. + 

Yes, free to ask of Him, whate’er + 

The fainting heart alone can cheer; + 

To worship at that holy shrine, + 

Where beams thy Spirit, Lord, divine. + 

And Afric’s children they are free, + 

To breathe their vows, their prayers to Thee; + 

With thought of future joy and gain, + 

The slave forgets his grief and pain; + 

Forgets awhile his slavish fear; + 

Forgets⁠—that fetters bind him here; + 

And in that sweet communion rest + 

His hopes, his fears⁠—for he is blest. + 