p. 12 | A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY by Margaret E. Sangster

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Nov 6, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 45.

A BLESSED OPPORTUNITY.

By Margaret E. Sangster

God gave me something very sweet to be mine own this day— A precious opportunity a word for Christ to say: A soul that my desire might reach, a work to do for Him; And now I thank Him for this grace, ere yet the light grows dim.

No service that He sends me can be so welcome aye, To guide a pilgrim's weary feet within the narrow way; To share the Shepherd's quest, and so, by brake and fen, To find for Him His wandering lambs the erring sons of men.

I did not seek this blessed thing, it came a rare surprise, Flooding my heart with dearest joy, as, lifting wistful eyes, Heaven's light upon a dear one's face shone plain and clear on mine; And there an unseen third, I felt, was waiting—One divine.

So in this twilight hour I kneel, and pour my grateful thought In song and prayer to Jesus for the gifts this day hath brought; Sure never service is so sweet, nor life hath so much zest, As when He bids me speak for Him, and then He does the rest. —Margaret E. Sangster.