I WOULD BE MEEK by E. W. Darling

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 10, 1861

I WOULD BE MEEK.

By E. W. Darling

I ASK not for renown; I choose no upper seat, Nor marked distinction shown, To me: I would be meek; For meekness is a heavenly grace, Becoming to our sinful race,

My weak, unworthy frame, My past deep sinful life, My living, but a name, My path with dangers rife, Combine to tell me that I owe My all to God where'er I go.

O may it never be That such a worm as I, Should boast, save, Lord, in thee, Ruler of earth and sky; Nor let me harbor once the thought, That my own strength my deeds have wrought.

But shouldst thou design to work Through such a humble means, Let not ambition lurk Round one that on Thee leans; But, humbly bowing to thy will, Help me thy purpose to fulfill.

And when this earthly strife, And all its toil is o'er, And evils of this life, Shall vex my soul no more, In the new earth I'll hope to have Permission with the meek to live.

E. W. DARLING.

Beaver, Minn.