The Spoken Word

HAZEL HARPER HARRIS

O Father , teach me how to still
The clamorings of sense, and fill
My place as listener;
That I may hear Thy voice and grow
To understand Thy word, and so
Become Thy messenger.

Then teach me how to banish pride
And stubborn will, that I may bide
Thy representative,
With no false sense of human zeal,
That every word may bless and heal,
When I Thy message give.