Prayer (New Thought Pastels)

by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

   Lean on thyself until thy strength is tried;
   Then ask God’s help; it will not be denied.

   Use thine own sight to see the way to go;
   When darkness falls ask God the path to show.

   Think for thyself and reason out thy plan;
   God has His work and thou hast thine, oh, man.

   Exert thy will and use it for control;
   God gave thee jurisdiction of thy soul.

   All thine immortal powers bring into play;
   Think, act, strive, reason, then look up and pray.

from Poems of Progress and New Thought Pastels by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1913)
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