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PRAYER FOR A DAY'S WALK by GRACE NOLL CROWELL

First Line: GOD LET ME FIND THE LONELY ONES
Last Line: IN SILENT SYMPATHY.
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; SYMPATHY; LONELINESS; EMPATHY;

God let me find the lonely ones
Among the throng today
And let me say the word to take
The loneliness away:
So many walk with aching hearts
Along the old highway.

So many walk with breaking hearts,
And no one understands;
They find the roadway rough and steep
Across the barren lands;
God help me lighten weary eyes,
And strengthen nerveless hands.

God help me brighten dreary eyes,
And let my own grief be
A sure reminder of the grief
Of those who walk with me.
When words fail -- hands fail -- let me go
In silent sympathy.



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