Poems (Kimball)/The Lowest Place
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THE LOWEST PLACE.
NOT that I may be chiefest, Lord, But that I may obey More closely Thy most sweet commands. Teach me to serve, I pray.
Not that I may be honored more Who am indeed the least, I would the lowest place like one Grace-bidden to the feast;
But that Thy smile, my blessed Lord, Might reach that lowest place, And show me, though the last and least, The fulness of that grace.