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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Sep 30, 1908

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 35, No. 9.

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The Christian Life.

By Harriet McEwen Kimball

A LITTLE effort day by day The path of life to know; To learn detachment from the world With all its glittering show;
A little holy diligence At morning, noon, and night, To train the tongue to praise the Lord And pray to Him aright;
The nearest duty gladly done For Him who asks no more; Some little self-denying deed Before the day is o'er;
A little toil that we may learn Where heavenly treasure lies; A little study of His word To make us truly wise;
Obedience in little things His blessing to obtain, That service, prayer, and sacrament Be not for us in vain;
A little fasting for His sake To keep the body down; A little silence lest the strife Of tongues His voice should drown;
A little daily act of faith, Of love, or penitence, To bind us to His saving cross Lest pride should draw us thence;
A little sharing of His pain The soul to sanctify; To learn that life is only won By those who daily die;
A little here, a little there, How small the measure is! Yet so His molding grace conforms This little life to His. —Harriet McEwen Kimball.