Dear Lord Forgive August 1, 1948

If I have wounded any

                 heart, I pray,

If I have led one soul

                  astray;

If I have walked forbidden

                  ways--

Dear Lord forgive.

If I have caused some

                  heart to bleed,

Or turned aside from

                  those in need;

If I have sponsored

                  selfish greed--

Dear Lord forgive.

If I have craved another's

                  pleasures,

Or longed too much for

                  earthly treasures;

Neglected good things

                  without measure--

Dear Lord forgive.

Forgive my sins I ask of

                  Thee--

The secret sins I may

                  not see;

The narrow way-- wilt

                  Thou lead me--

Teach me to live.

                                                       V.C.