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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, October 22, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXX, No. 19

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THE CHILD-LIKE SPIRIT.

By E. P. Willard

We hold the words of Jesus true, All men of each degree, Who see His kingdom, enter through A child's humility.
And every saintly life, which shines Like Heaven's crystal sea, Begins where round the heart entwines A child's humility.
O great of earth! would ye but know Where Heaven's portals be? They arch the lowly paths which show A child's humility.
O mountain-climbers! ye will fail The starry stairs to see, For Heaven lies nearest that sweet vale— A child's humility.
O spirit proud! O men who move In self-sufficiency! God only hears the prayers which prove A child's humility.
O Christians! bearing His dear name Who bore the painful tree, Bear ye his lowliness, and claim A child's humility.
From lofty ways of self come down; Kneel at His feet, and see What love, what tearful joy will crown A child's humility.
Strive, Christian, strive for childlikeness; Him serve who says to thee, “Thy highest service must be this— A child's humility.”
—E. P. Willard.