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THE ALTERED MOTTO

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 15, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 16.

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THE ALTERED MOTTO.

By Theodore Monod

Oh! the bitter shame and sorrow, That a time could ever be When I let the Saviour's pity Plead in vain, and proudly answered, “All of self, and none of thee.”
Yet he found me. I beheld him Bleeding on the accursed tree; Heard him pray, “Forgive them, Father!” And my wistful heart said faintly, “Some of self, and some of thee.”
Day by day his tender mercy, Healing, helping, full and free, Sweet and strong, and, ah, so patient! Brought me lower, while I whispered, “Less of self, and more of thee.”
Higher than the highest heavens, Deeper than the deepest sea, Lord, thy love at last hath conquered, Grant me now my soul’s desire, “None of self, and all of thee.”
—Theodore Monod.