Stay with me
And then I shall begin to shine as though shinest:
So to shine as to be a light to others
The light, O Jesus,
Will be all from thee
None of it will be mine
No merit to me
It will be thou
Shinest through me upon others
O let me thus praise thee
In the way which thou dost love best
By shining on all those around me
Give light to them as well as to me
Teach me to follow forth thy praise, thy truth, thy will
Make me preach thee without preaching
---not by words
But by my example and the catching force
The sympathetic influence,
Of what I do
---by my visible resemblance to thy saints,
And the evident fullness of the love which my heart bears to thee.
John Henry Newman
Friday, March 11, 2022
A Preacher's Prayer
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