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An Evening Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 17, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 24.

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An Evening Prayer

By C. Maud Battersby

If I have wounded any soul to-day, If I have caused one foot to go astray, If I have walked in my own wilful way— Good Lord, forgive!
If I have uttered idle words or vain, If I have turned aside from want or pain, Lest I myself should suffer through the strain— Good Lord, forgive!
If I have craved for joys that are not mine, If I have let my wayward heart repine, Dwelling on things on earth, not things divine— Good Lord, forgive!
If I have been perverse, or hard, or cold, If I have longed for shelter in thy fold When thou hast given me some fort to hold— Good Lord, forgive!
Forgive the sins I have confessed to thee, Forgive the secret sins I do not see, That which I know not, Father, teach thou me— Help me to live!
— C. Maud Battersby.