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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Mar 25, 1903

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 29, No. 12.

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MY WISH.

I ask, O Lord, that from my life may flow Such gladsome music, soothing, sweet, and clear, From a fine-strung harp to reach the weary ear Of struggling men, To bid them pause awhile and listen; then With spirit calmer, stronger than before, Take up their work once more. I only pray that, through the common days Of this my life, unceasingly may steal Into some aching heart strains that shall help to heal Its long borne pain, To lift the thoughts from self and worldly gain And fill the life with harmonies divine; O may such power be mine. Thus would I live; and when all working days Are o'er for me, May the rich music of my life ring on Eternally. —Wesleyan Magazine.