Show A PRAYER teach us the meaning of familiar words blunted by thoughtless use from year to year faith courage loyalty unselfishness patience and purity for they appear to float thin radiant bubbles from our lips shiver collapse and vanish each by each and we blow other bubbles till we tire perverting action into idle speech grant us to hear and see to feel and do and be teach us the prayer that god made men should supplication blossoming bloss oming to deeds no supine clinging 41 but a pledge to use all we receive to meet lifes varied needs if fiscle and sinew nerve and heart and brain each fiber braced to its proportionate power each faculty alive and glad and free to fight and grow and conquer hour by hour grant that to trust and dare and love shall be our prayer grace 11 boutelle in the christian home |