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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 4, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 5.

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By Elizabeth Rosser

BY ELIZABETH ROSSER.
Once only shall I have to pass this way— Only this once. I may not come again another day, May not recall the unkind words I say; Let kindness, then, my words and actions sway, That I may labor even as I pray, "Thy kingdom come."
Once only shall I have to pass this way— And only this. I may not choose myself another road; Another may not bear for me my load; I may not turn aside the chastening rod; I cry, while casting all my care on God, "Thy will be done."
Once only shall I have to pass this way— And only I. And none may do the work I leave undone; And none may run the race I should have run; In me the battle must be lost or won; Then finish, Lord, the work thou hast begun; Thine be the praise.
Fruitland, Oregon, Aug. 11, 1893.