THE LAST PRAYER by Helen Hunt Jackson

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 23, 1896

THE LAST PRAYER.

By Helen Hunt Jackson

FATHER, I scarcely dare to pray, So clear I see, now it is done, That I have wasted half my day, And left my work but just begun;

So clear I see that things I thought Were right or harmless, were a sin; So clear I see that I have sought, Unconscious, selfish aims to win;

So clear I see that I have hurt The souls I might have helped to save, That I have slothful been, inert, Deaf to the calls thy leaders gave.

In outskirts of thy kingdom vast, Father, the humblest spot give me; Set me the lowliest task thou hast, Let me repentant work for thee.

—Helen Hunt Jackson.