For Whom I Pray - by Martha Snell Nicholson

For Whom I Pray

They seem a separate company,

Special and set apart,

And each one bears, all unaware,

The imprint of my heart.

For these are they for whom I pray;

The ones whose names I speak

Before God's throne, the ones for whom

His favor I would seek.

Some are my nearest, dearest. Some

But strangers in the street,

And some are those of whom I read,

But each name has a sweet

Significance, as though my Lord

And I a secret shared

About them, which will come to light

The day when hearts are bared

And all the hidden things made known.

Dear ones for whom I pray,

How sweet to meet you face to face

On heaven's streets some day!

Martha Snell Nicholson

1 Timothy 2:1 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men;

1 Thessalonians 5:17 Pray without ceasing.