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The Teacher


Lord, who am I to teach the way
To little children day by day,
So prone myself to go astray?


I teach them KNOWLEDGE, but I know
How faint they flicker and how low
The candles of my knowledge glow.


I teach them POWER to will and do,
But only now to learn anew
My own great weakness through and through.
I teach them LOVE for all mankind
And all God's creatures, but I find
My love comes lagging far behind.


Lord, if their guide I still must be,
Oh let the little children see
The teacher leaning hard on Thee.

Written by Leslie Pinckney Hill (1880-1960)

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