Others.

Lord, help me live from day to day

In such a self-forgetful way

That even when I kneel to pray

My prayers will be for Others.

Help me in all the work I do

To ever be sincere and true

And know that all I do for You

Must needs be done for Others.

Let Self be crucified and slain

And buried deep, and all in vain

May efforts be to rise again

Unless to live for Others.

And when my work on earth is done

And my new work in heaven begaun

May I forget the crown I’ve won

While thinking still of Others.

Others, Lord, yes, others

Let this my motto be:

Help me to live for Others,

That I may live like Thee.

Charles D. Meigs, 1846 - 1920