DEPENDENCE

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Feb 20, 1879

“I rejoice at thy word, as one that findeth great spoil.” Ps. 119:162.

Give me, Lord, the grace I need, To thyself my heart incline; As thy holy word I read, Let me gather strength divine.

Not my reason, but my faith, I desire to exercise, So that what thy Spirit saith I may ever dearly prize.

There the deeper lessons learn Of thy wisdom, love, and skill! There with readiness discern What thy purpose—what thy will!

That the movements of my heart May be under thy control, Let thy holy word impart Health and vigor to my soul.

Till thy loved ones thou shalt raise, Be thyself my heart’s delight; Rule that heart, and all its ways, By thy truth’s unerring light.

—Selected.