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About Weekly Chemawa American. (Chemawa, Or.) 189?-198? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 13, 1901)
CHEflAWA, OREGON, FRIDAY DECEMBER 13, 1901. MY PRAYER. Father in heaven, Thy Spirit aid impart That, thiii my prayer may come From contrite hear ; I know not what lo pray for As I ought. 80 by Thy Spirit Let me now be taught. Let me not die before I've done for Thee My Earthly work, Whatever it may be: Call me not hence with Mission unfulfilled Let me not leave my pp ce Of ground untitled. Impress this truth upon me, that not one Can do my portion That I leave undone; For each one in thy Vineyard hath a spot, To labor on for life, And weary not. Then give me strength, All faithfully to toil Converting barren earth To fruitful soil. I long to be an instilment Of Thine Together worshippers Unto Thy shrine; To be the means One human soul to pave Fiom the dark terrors Of a hopeless rave. Yet most, I want A spirit of content, To work where e'er Thou'lt wish my labors spent; Whether at home, Or in a stranger cliine, In days of joy, Or sorrows sterner time. I want a ppirit passive, To lie still, And by Thy power to do Thy holy will. And when .the prayer Unto my lips doth rise Before a new home do'h My soul surprise, Let me accomplish some GKEAT work for Thee; Subdue it Lord; Let my petition be: Oli make ine list ful - In this world of Thine, In ways according to Til Y will not mine, Call me not hence With mission unfulfilled, Let me not leave my Space of ground untilled, Let me not die before I've done for Thee, My earthly work, Whatever it may be This then, My Father, Is my earner r, prayer. Thy will, not mine, Nor have I further care; I ask it all in Jesus . Blessed name, That, evermore his love I may proclaim. NOTE The first eight, and the last eight lines of this poem are by Rev. II. A. Ketch urn D. D. to whom, while preparing for col lege in 1861, the remaining part of the po em was handed by a Christian lady. The author is not known. The prayer was giv en to the school in full by the Rev. Ketch urn at the services, held the eveniog of Dec. 4th.