The Call by Phillips Brooks

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jun 7, 1910

The Call

By Phillips Brooks

THE while I listened came a Word — I knew not whence, I could not see; But when my waiting spirit heard, I cried: “Lord, here am I; send me!”

For in that Word was all contained — The Master’s wish, the servant’s joy, Worth of the prize to be attained, And sweetness of the time’s employ.

I turned and went — along the way That Word was food and air and light; I feasted on it all the day, And rested on it all the night.

I wondered; but when soon I came To where the Word complete must be, I called my wonder by its name — For lo! the Word I sought was He.

—Phillips Brooks.