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The story behind the typicals, story
of the hymn sweet prayer, sweet prayer,

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sweet prayer of all worldly influence raise
your heart to the tender Heavenly Father

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or how many times I had in
you help in rude temptation and how many

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goods I received through you sweet prayer. Although we do not know the exact

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date on which this hymn was produced, it is estimated that it was created

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in the first half of the 19th
century. If we pay attention to the

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verses in each verse, we can
see how it poses a progression that is

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described. The dialogue that must exist
through prayer between the believer and his Heavenly

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father is a true classic of praise. Sweet prayer is a song that a

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century and a half ago settled in
the sensibility of the Christian world. It

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could be said that the origin of
this hymn is enigmatic and mysterious at the

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same time, but not so.
His message, which is very clear and

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obvious. His story can very well
chart the inspiring hand of the Lord who

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gave him humanity a song that claims
the power of prayer as a source of

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relief, joy and happiness. It
is a composition that shows that communication with

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God is indispensable in the way of
salvation. One of the most widespread stories

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attributed the authorship to William Walford,
who was an English blind craftsman, who

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was often invited to preach in a
rural church in his native Warwick Shart,

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England. Walford is said to have
written whole sermons in his head that he

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preached on Sundays. He memorized great
portions of the Bible, which he quoted

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with incredible precision. Many even believed
that the Bible had come to be memorized

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completely. It is said that Thomas
Salvos, an American pastor known in one

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thousand eight hundred forty- two to
Wartford, who had just finished a poem

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about prayer in his mind. After
he recited it in the presence of the

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shepherd, he asked him to write
it on a paper. Three years later,

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Salmon sent the lyrics to The Observer
in New York with the commission to

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publish them if he found it worthy
of preservation, and so it was.

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The 13th of September of one thousand
eight hundred forty- five. The poem

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was published by the New York newspaper. The first appearance of the song in

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a hymn book, though only with
words. It was produced in one thousand

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eight hundred and fifty- nine in
an edition of evangelical melodies compiled by the

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authors Robert Rboll and Thomas Hastings.
Later, in one thousand eight hundred and

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sixty- one, the text came
into the hands of the American composer William

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Barbury Batchiller, and reached its definitive
format with a beautiful and harmonious melody and

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as if it were a right-
handed pinist, sweet prayer climbed to the

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ceiling of popularity and was overdressed with
notoriety. Later, when it gained popularity,

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the subject was investigated by an endless
number of hymnologists. However, despite

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the efforts of the scholars who analyzed
its origin, no one was able to

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locate in England the traces of its
alleged author, the blind preacher Watford.

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Just vague references were collected and the
riddle was never solved, but that did

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not prevent Limmo from moving along the
path of prestige and, over time,

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from becoming world- class thanks to
its massive dissemination in collections of religious music

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safely like an old Swiss watch.
Sweet prayer will continue in the future,

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marking and remembering that the time to
pray to the almighty is essential for believers

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of the evangelical faith. Each of
its stanzas, chained with tenderness, will

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outline the formula of success in the
dialogue that must exist between God and men,

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whether to offer glorifications, make a
request or simply express personal thoughts or

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emotions. A sweet cry, as
the hymn quotes