Whom Shall I Send?

Whom shall I send? our mak­er cries;

And ma­ny when they hear God’s voice

Are sure where their vo­ca­tion lies;

But ma­ny shrink from such a choice.

For who can serve a God so pure

Or claim to speak in such a name

While doubt makes ev­ery step un­sure

And self con­fus­es ev­ery aim?

And yet

be­liev­ing

God who calls

Knows what we are and still may be

Our past de­feats

our fu­ture falls

We dare to an­swer: Lord

send me!

Those who are called God pur­ifies

And dai­ly gives us strength to bend

Our thoughts

our skills

our en­er­gies

And life it­self to this one end.