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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 30, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 29, No. 21.

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MY WORK.

By A. K. Crosby

LET me not die before I've done for thee, O Lord, my work, whatever it may be Call me not hence with mission unfulfilled; Let me not leave my space of ground untilled. Impress this truth upon me, that not one Can do my portion that I leave undone; For each one in thy vineyard hath a spot To labor in for life, and weary not. Then give me strength all faithfully to toil, Converting barren earth to fruitful soil. I long to be an instrument of thine To gather worshipers unto thy shrine; To be the means one human soul to save From the dark terrors of a hopeless grave. Yet most I want a spirit of content To work where'er thou'lt wish my labor spent, Whether at home, or in a stranger clime, In days of joy, or sorrow's sterner time. I want a spirit passive, to lie still, And by thy power to do thy holy will. O make me useful in this world of thine, In ways according to thy will, not mine. Let me not leave my space of ground untilled. Call me not hence with mission unfulfilled. Let me not die before I've done for thee, My earthly work, whatever it may be. A. K. CROSBY.