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“FATHER, GLORIFY THY NAME!”

“Father, glorify thy name!”
Is my humble prayer;
Not because in all thy joys
I may have a share;
But because my love for thee
Has grown deeper, Lord,
I would have thy blessed name
By all hearts adored.

“Father, glorify thy name!”
Is my earnest prayer.
It may cost me keenest pain—
Yet, O Lord, I dare
To uplift this fervent plea,
And the answer claim:
Though it mean the cross for me,
Glorify thy name!

“Father, glorify thy name!”
Is my daily prayer.
All the loss my life may know
Thou wilt help me bear;
To thy will I say, Amen!
In thy love I trust:
Father, glorify thy name
Through unworthy dust!

“Father, glorify thy name!”
Is my constant prayer;
I have nought to dread or fear—
Thou hast all my care.
Death can be but gain for me,
E’en a death of shame:
Father, grant my humble prayer,
Glorify thy name!

—F. G. BURROUGHS.

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— June 1, 1909 —