My Loving God I Pray to You
upon my bended knee
grant me the strength to do Your work
and all my heartaches ease
lead me from paths of wickedness
toward a righteous way
I am a sinner needing help
for many times I stray

my loving God please fill my mind
with only purest things
touch my heart with tenderness
and all the joy it brings
oh charitable Master
without Your guiding light
my life would be a wasted thing
a dark and dreary night
and so I pray on bended knees
answer my fervent plea

my loving God I seek Your aid
to fashion heaven's key

by Ben Burroughs
printed in "Sketches" 1955

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