PRAYER FOR HUMILITY
Humble, Lord, my haughty spirit,
Bid my swelling thoughts subside;
Strip me of my fancied merit;
What have I done with pride?
Was my Saviour meek and lowly?
And shall such a worm as I,
Weak, and earthly, and unholy,
Dare to lift my head on high?
Teach me, Lord, my true condition;
Bring me childlike to Thy knee;
Stripped of every low ambition,
Willing to be led by Thee.
Guide me by Thy Holy Spirit;
Feed me from Thy blessed word;
All my wisdom, all my merit,
Borrowed from Thyself, O Lord!
Like a humble babe, confiding,
Simple, docile, let me be;
Trusting still to Thy providing
Willing to be led by Thee.
Thus my all to Thee submitting;
I am Thine and not my own;
And when earthly hopes are flitting,
Rest secure on God alone
- Henry Francis Lyte-
