A Subject Mind
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A Subject Mind
Father! I know that all my life
Is portioned out for me;
The changes that will surely come,
I do not fear to see;
I ask Thee for a subject mind,
Intent on pleasing Thee.
I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise,
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
To wipe the weeping eyes;
A heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathize.
I would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,
Seeking for some great thing to do,
Or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child,
And guided where to go.
Wherever in the world I am—
In whatso'er estate,
I have a fellowship with saints
To keep and cultivate;
A work of lowly love to do
For Him on whom I wait.
My God, I ask for daily strength,
To none that ask denied,
A mind to blend with outward life,
While keeping at Thy side;
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.
And if some things I do not ask
Thy will allots to me,
Still be my spirit filled the more
With grateful love to Thee,
And careful—less to serve Thee much,
Than please Thee perfectly.
Briars beset my every path,
Which call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
An earnest need for prayer;
But a lowly heart that leans on Thee
Is happy everywhere.
In service which Thy love appoints
There are no bonds for me;
My secret heart is taught "the truth"
That makes Thy children "free";
A life of self-renouncing love,
Is a life of liberty.