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Rh It may be pain, it may be shame,
 * Deep anguish it may be;

Yet, shall my prayer be still the same,
 * O Lord, that I may see!

Show me Thy law, those precepts wise
 * My every step should guide;

Then let me view with clearest eyes
 * My practice side by side.

Show me my vows, and let me long
 * That triple bond survey,

To see that every link is strong,
 * And strengthening day by day.

Show me my duties, one by one;
 * Unshrinking let me see

What was omitted, and what done
 * For other end than Thee.

Show me myself without disguise,
 * As clearly, I entreat,

As when death's hand shall ope my eyes
 * Before Thy judgment-seat!

But, dearest Lord, my weakness pleads,
 * Let not Thy light stop there;

The vision of my own misdeeds
 * Were else too hard to bear;

Show me Thyself, Thy tender Heart
 * In all its love display,

One ray of heavenly light impart
 * To chase earth's glare away:

The truths of faith, the joys of love,
 * And virtue's solid bliss,

The glories of the world above,
 * The hollowness of this;

The sweetness of Thy service, Lord,
 * The honor and the joy,

Oh! how could anything be hard
 * In such a proud employ!

All this, and many a lesson more,
 * Make clear and plain to me;

Oh, I entreat Thee, o'er and o'er,
 * "My God, that I may see!"

Persevere.

ERSEVERE in thoroughly conquering yourself in the small daily contradictions you receive. Make the bulk of your desires about this; know that God wishes nothing from you at present save that. Busy not yourself, then, in doing anything