Morning Prayer for Hope in Troubled Days

Ask for help to remember past goodness and find hope during troubled days.

Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.

Help me, O Lord, if I shall see
Times when I walk from hope apart,
Till all my days but seem to be
The troubled week-days of the heart.

Help me to find, in seasons past,
The hours that have been good or fair,
And bid remembrance hold them fast,
To keep me wholly from despair.

Help me to look behind, before,
To make my past and future form
A bow of promise, meeting o’er
The darkness of my day of storm.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.