一 父，我知道我的一生，你已替我分好； 

所有必須發生變更，我不害怕看到； 

我求你賜長久忠誠，存心討你歡笑。

二 我求要得有意的愛，時常儆醒的慧， 

常以笑容歡迎事態，擦乾不禁眼淚， 

心能與牠自己合拍，好來同情、安慰。

三 我不要有不安意志，急忙到東到西，

要求要作幾件大事，或要明白祕密；

  我要被待如同孩子，所往都是受意。

四 無論我在世界何地，是有何種景況， 

我與人心有個交契，我要保守發旺， 

我要為愛出我微力，為著事奉我王。

五 我求你賜每日恩澤，使我能常受教； 

心能從裡與外調和，當我與你契交； 

滿意只佔微小旁側，若你能得榮耀。

六 每條路上都有虛假，是你要我忍耐； 

每種境遇都有十架，是你引我倚賴； 

但心靠你若是卑下，無論那裡可愛。

七 如果在我幸福之中，有何尚未求祈， 

我是渴慕我的內衷，向你能滿愛意；

寧願不多為你作工，完全使你歡喜。

八 你愛所定我的選擇，不是我的捆繩； 

我在暗中受你領帥，已識你的見證： 

一生充滿捨己的愛，就是自由一生。

I ask Thee for a thoughtful love,
Through constant watching wise,
To meet the glad with joyful smiles,
And to wipe the weeping eyes;
And a heart at leisure from itself,
To soothe and sympathize.

I would not have the restless will
That hurries to and fro,
Seeking for some great thing to do
Or secret thing to know;
I would be treated as a child,
And guided where I go.

Wherever in the world I am,
In whatsoe’er estate,
I have a fellowship with hearts
To keep and cultivate;
And a work of lowly love to do
For the Lord on Whom I wait.

So I ask Thee for daily strength,
To none that ask denied,
And a mind to blend with outward life
While keeping at Thy side;
Content to fill a little space,
If Thou be glorified.

And if some things I do not ask
In my cup of blessing be,
I would have my spirit filled the more
With grateful love to Thee,
More careful, not to serve Thee much,
But to please Thee perfectly.

There are briers besetting every path
That call for patient care;
There is a cross in every lot,
And an earnest need for prayer;
But a lowly heart that leans on Thee
Is happy anywhere.

In a service which Thy will appoints
There are no bonds for me;
For my inmost heart is taught “the truth”
That makes Thy children “free.”
And a life of self renouncing love
Is a life of liberty.