Poems (Coolidge)/Service

by Helen Elizabeth Coolidge

SERVICE

I need not wait some mighty deed
 In praise of God, for men, to do.
For here, to-day, there is enough
 By which to prove my love is true

I need not search the way to find
 That to self-sacrifice doth lead,
Each thought of daily life may be
 For others who my help shall need.

I need not sink. nor need I fail,
 Though weary oft be heart and brain;
It is for Christ my strength is spent.
 His "inasmuch" makes brave again.

I need alone to know that I,
 A servant, as my Lord may be;
As was His life, can also mine
 Be one of blessèd ministry.