Exhortation To Prayer

by William Cowper — a poem card from Justes Mots

A devotional exhortation encouraging prayer as a source of spiritual strength and divine blessing. Drawing on biblical imagery (Jacob's ladder, Moses' intercession), Cowper demonstrates how prayer transforms weakness into power and opens communication with heaven. The accessible language and practical encouragement make it suitable for greeting cards promoting spiritual renewal.

What various hindrances we meet
In coming to a mercy-seat!
Yet who that knows the worth of prayer,
But wishes to be often there?


Prayer makes the darken'd cloud withdraw,
Prayer climbs the ladder Jacob saw,…

Themes: encouragement · graduation · new-chapter · recovery