Lord, Let My Prayer Like Incense Rise ILLINOIS—Composer Unknown Lord, Let My Prayer Like Incense Rise 1 Lord, let my prayer like incense rise: And when I lift my hands to thee, As in the evening sacrifice, Look down from heaven, well pleased, on me. 2 Set thou a watch to keep my tongue, Let not my heart to sin incline; Save me from men who practise wrong: Let me not share their mirth and wine. 3 But let the righteous, when I stray, Smite me in love: his strokes are kind: His mild reproofs,