I Claim an Entrance

O God, if still the holy place 

Is found of those in prayer, 

By all the promises of grace 

I claim an entrance there. 

Give me a self-denying soul, 

Enlarged and unconfined; 

Abide within me, and control 

The wanderings of the mind. 

Give me the strength of faith that dares 

To die to self each day, 

That bravely takes the cross, nor cares 

To find an easier way. 

Help me to make more sacrifice, 

To walk where Christ would lead, 

That in my life He may arise 

To hallow every deed. 

Amen.

(a prayer of General Albert Orsborn of The Salvation Army)