O Jesus, Master, When Today

O Je­sus

Mas­ter

when to­day

I meet

along the crowd­ed way

My bur­dened bro­thers—mine and Thine—

May then through me Thy Spir­it shine.

To cheer them in their on­ward way

Till ev­en­ing ends the var­ied day

To kin­dle so a grow­ing light

Where else might be but gloom and night.

Grant

too

that they my need may know

As side by side we on­ward go—

An eq­ual need of kind­ly thought

And love like that which Thou hast taught.

Then give our hands a touch di­vine

And to our voic­es tones like Thine

As side by side we on­ward go

Nor need each oth­er’s name to know.