The Secret Place of Prayer

There is a place where thou canst touch the eyes 

Of blinded men to instant, perfect sight; 

There is a place where thou canst say, 

"Arise"To dying captives, bound in chains of night; 

There is a place where thou canst reach the store 

Of hoarded gold and free it for the Lord; 

There is a place--upon some distant shore-- 

Where thou canst send the worker and the Word. 

Where is that secret place--dost thou ask, "Where?"

 O soul, it is the secret place of prayer! ~ Alfred Lord Tennyson