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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 11, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 10.

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A Prayer

By Sylvia Chapin

God, I pray to Thee for patience when the world seems all unfair, When life seems one long injustice, and the end alone despair; When I’m weary, O, so weary! and my tears bring no relief; When I question why Thou sendest to humanity such grief; Grant me faith as well as patience, and forgive me when I pray For some knowledge of the reasons why we suffer day by day. Give me strength to keep on working, cheerfully to do my task, Give me courage, hope, submission; perfect joy I can not ask. Teach me how to give to others something helpful, something true; How to make my life worth living, how to start each day anew. God in heaven, forgive my failures, and uphold me with Thy hand; I am weak, impatient, restless, and I can not understand. I can only hope, believing there are reasons now unknown, Which sometime, somewhere, we’ll master, as we reap what we have sown. God, once more I come imploring Thee with strength to fill my heart; I have failed; wilt Thou forgive me, and Thy love to me impart?
— Sylvia Chapin.