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International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 29.

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MY PRAYER.

If, when I kneel to pray With eager lips I say: "Lord, give me all the things that I desire, Health, wealth, fame, friends, brave hearts, religious fire, The power to sway my fellow-men at will, And strength for mighty works to banish ill"— In such a prayer as this The blessing I must miss.
Or if I only dare To raise this fainting prayer: "Thou seest, Lord, that I am poor and weak, And cannot tell what things I ought to seek; I, therefore, do not ask at all, but still I trust thy bounty all my wants to fill;" My lips shall thus grow dumb, The blessings shall not come.
And if I lowly fall, And thus in faith I call: "Through Christ, O Lord, I pray thee give to me Not what I would, but what seems best to thee, Of life, of health, of service, and of strength; Until to thy full joy I come at length;" My prayer shall then avail; The blessing shall not fail.