From "Valley of Vision"

O Spirit of God....

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...Deliver me from carking care,

and make me a happy, holy person.

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Help me to walk the separated life with firm and brave step,

and to wrestle successfully against weakness;

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Teach me to laud, adore, and magnify thee,

with the music of heaven,

And make me a perfume of praiseful gratitude to thee.

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I do not crouch at thy feet as a slave before a tyrant,

but exult before thee as a son with a father.

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Give me power to live as thy child in all my actions,

and to exercise sonship by conquering self.

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Preserve me from the intoxication that comes of prosperity;

Sober me when I am glad with a joy that comes not from thee.

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Lead me safely on to the eternal kingdom,

not asking whether the road be rough or smooth.

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I request only to see the face of him I love,

to be content with bread to eat,

with raiment to put on,

if only I can be brought to thy house in peace.