• Author: Unknown
• Editor: B-7413
• Newspaper: The Umpire volume 5
• Page Number:
• Date: 10 11 1916
• Tags:
• poetry

A PRAYER

Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults of those about me, Let me praise a little more; Let me be when I am weary Just a little bit more cheery— Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for.

Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver. Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker, With the brother who is weaker, Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me.

Let me be a little sweeter— Make my life a bit completer, By doing what I should do, Every minute of the day. Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disdaining; Let me face the summons calmly When death beckons me away.

— Detroit F'ree Press.