A DOMESTIC-SERVANT'S HYMN.
Lord of all pots and.pans and things, since I’ve no time to be. /■" / 1 - A saint by doing lovely things, or watching late with ..Thee, Or dreaming in the.dawnjight, or storming heaven’s gates, ‘ ‘ Make m 6 a saint by getting meals and washing up the plates. Although I must li'ave Martha s hands,. I have a Mary’s mind; I ' And when I Black the boots and shoes. Thy sandals. Lord. I find. I think of how they trod the earth, what time 1 scrub the floor: Accept tills meditation, Lord. I haven t time for more , Warm all the kitchen with Thy love, and light it with Thy peace: Forgive me all my worrying, and make all grumbling cease. - ■. • Thou who didst love to give men food, in room or by the sea, Accept this service that I do—l do it unto ’jThce. ( . —M.K.IL, in the ‘‘Westminster Record.” This hymn was written in July of this year by a girl nineteen years of age, who is in domestic service, and was read to a big congregation by Dr. Campbell Morgan at one of his services in August at Westminster Chapel, London.
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 34, 3 November 1928, Page 26
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194A DOMESTIC-SERVANT'S HYMN. Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 34, 3 November 1928, Page 26
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