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The Gift

Mary Alice Walton

God calls you, my Daughter—I hear the sweet voice
Of Jesus our Saviour, He would make you His choice,
To work in His vineyard, to teach in His name;
He’d give you the power, lost souls to reclaim.

I give you, my darling, an offering to Him
Who died to redeem us, to save us from sin;
Be filled with His spirit, be strong in the strife,
Bring souls unto Jesus, in Christ there is life.

And when all is over and we meet on the shore
Of Heaven’s fair Jordan, to part nevermore,
With Christ ever present to soothe away tears,
All pain we’ll forget of these sorrowful years.
Online text © 1998-2008 Poetry X. All rights reserved.
From Poems: A Message of Hope | 1910
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