THE CHILD-LIKE HEART by I. O. Rankin

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 4, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 42.

THE CHILD-LIKE HEART.

By I. O. Rankin

Lord, thou wast made a child, and why should I Think honor only due to hoary age? Give me a child-like heart, wherewith to try The doubts and changes of my pilgrimage.

Yet thou didst grow in stature, day by day, Unto thy perfect manhood, undefiled. So let me profit, Lord, upon my way, In wisdom’s growth a man, in love a child.

For, when I look for wisdom, thou art wise. If I would love, thy love perfection is. Come, weary heart, out of thy place arise! Thy life, thy love, thy service, all be his! —I. O. Rankin, in S. S. Times.