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THE BLESSED TASK

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 1, 1881

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 7, No. 33.

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THE BLESSED TASK.

I SAID : "Sweet Master, hear me pray ; For love of Thee the boon I ask ; Give me to do for Thee each day Some simple, lowly, blessed task." And listening long, with hope elate, I only heard him whisper, "Wait."
The days went by, but nothing brought Beyond the wonted round of care, And I was vexed with anxious thought, And found the waiting hard to bear : But when I said "In vain I pray !" I heard Him answer gently, "Nay."
So praying still and waiting on, And pondering what the waiting meant, This knowledge sweet at last I won— And Oh, the depth of my content! My blessed task for every day Is humbly, gladly to obey.
And though I daily, hourly fail To bring my task to Him complete, And must with constant tears bewail My failures at my Master’s feet, No other service would I ask Than this my blessed, blessed task.