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The Life I Seek

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Jan 27, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 4.

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The Life I Seek.

By Robert M. Offord

Nor in some cloistered cell Dost Thou, Lord, bid me dwell My love to show, But ’mid the busy marts, Where men with burdened hearts Do come and go.
Some tempted soul to cheer When breath of ill is near And foes annoy; The sinning to restrain, To ease the throb of pain— Be such my joy.
Lord, make me quick to see Each task awaiting me, And quick to do; O, grant me strength, I pray, With lowly love each day, And purpose true,
To go as Jesus went, Spending and being spent, Myself forgot; Supplying human needs By loving words and deeds— O, happy lot!
— Robert M. Offord.