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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Feb 22, 1910

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 37, No. 8.

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Our Petition

By Delwin Rees Buckner

THOU knowest, Lord, our feet are prone to stray; That we are only mortal, weak, and frail; That strongest temptings oftentimes assail, And leave us bruised and bleeding in the way. Thou knowest all—our overwhelming debt, Which we can never even hope to pay; Still, Lord, have mercy for another day; Bear with us for a little season yet. The night is long—the night of human wo— Yet shortly there will come the dawning day. And when it comes, O Lord and King, Remember us who've stumbled here below; May not Thy face from us be turned away, But hide us 'neath the shadow of Thy wing.
DELWIN REES BUCKNER.
Ambato, Ecuador.