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.