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TWO PRAYERS

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 16, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 3.

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TWO PRAYERS.

By Myra Goodwin Plants

One cried in earnest, pleading prayer: “Lord, take the burdens from my heart; Lift from my brow its crown of care, Take from the rose its stinging smart. Choose not the lonely, rugged way By dark Gethsemane for me; But lead me gently, day by day, In pleasant pathways up to thee!”
Another voiced his soul in prayer: “Lord, take no burdens that are best; For while my brow is worn with care, My spirit finds in thee sweet rest. Some souls but dimly see the light, Let me their loving helper be; And give me strength to climb the height That leads at last to love and thee!”
One lost his burdens, and repined In idleness, unloved, unsought, And learned the rose with thorn entwined Is sweeter than to cherish naught.
One found in duty highest meed, While unseen angels near him trod; An almoner for souls in need, He passed through human love to God.
— Myra Goodwin Plants, in Christian Advocate.