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The Life I Seek

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 10, 1902

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 79, No. 23.

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The Life I Seek

By R. M. Offord

Not 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!
— R. M. Offord.