MY NEED | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 19, 1879

MY NEED.

LORD, I have need of patience; grant it me! Patience to bear the ills I can't remove; These vexing cares, this oft infirmity, And tasks which for my strength too heavy prove.

Lord, I have need of meekness; grant it me! I fain would do great things for God and man, And fret because I cannot. Let me be Content to do the little that I can.

Lord, I have need of courage; grant it me! Bravely to fight, though well-nigh overcome, To falter not, though dark the road may be, And hedged with thorns each step that leads me home.

Lord, I have need of wisdom; grant it me! Wisdom to know and do thy will aright; To choose thy way when doubtful I may be, Which path will lead me out into the light.

Lord, I have need of faith; grant it to me! Faith to take hold of unseen things, and rest Quiet amid the storm, though fierce it be, As trusting child upon his father's breast.

Lord, 'tis thyself I need, then shall I be Patient and meek, and strong to do or bear; Then shall I know and trust, if thou'rt in me Abide, and I thy faultless image wear. —Selected;