PRAYER TO BE KEPT

Lord Jesus, keep me watching,
That I may firmly stand,
To Thy commandments faithful.
Kept by Thy loving hand ;
That freed from all temptation.
Preserved from every ill,
I may be daily treading
The pathway of Thy will.

Lord Jesus, keep me praying,
And leaning hard on Thee,
That in Thy loving bosom,
My resting-place may be ;
That I may learn more fully
The sweetness of Thy love,
And know in deeper measure.
The things that are above.

Lord Jesus, keep me learning,
As sitting at Thy feet,
That I may be more lowly.
And for Thy service meet:
For then in blest dependence.
On Thee, my Lord and Friend.
I'll learn Thee in the pathway,
That Avill in glory end.

1945                                     G. M. Bloomfield.
GS 1966