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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jul 29, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 30.

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My Need

By Mary Valliant Nowlin

MARY VALLIANT NOWLIN
QUICKEN me, all-glorious Son, With life the Father giveth thee— With light and immortality— Thou Christ, who art my judge to be. O let me never be undone!
Lord, through thy Spirit so impart The fullest riches of thy grace, The glory shining from thy face, That in my actions all may trace The throbbing of thy love-filled heart.
And let there mingle in my voice The tones that stirred the far-off sea— The far-famed, blue-waved Galilee— That gentle, loving sympathy That made all lonely hearts rejoice.
O Christ, this fulness I so crave, So feel the lack, I'd faint to-day, If thou, Lord, hadst not bid me pray, And watch for souls along the way, And tell them of thy power to save.
Then let these graces in me meet, O thou who knowest all my need! Come, teach me by love's simple creed, That I may gather gems indeed, And some day lay them at thy feet.
O, I will sing all heaven through, If I should find in that glad place— Which I shall reach, Lord, by thy grace— Some trav'ler, lost in earth's dim maze, That I had told thy story to!
Takoma Park, D. C.