A Prayer

Let me live long enough,

Oh Lord,

To learn to be

Tolerant.

Let me see
Another’s fault

And not be quick to judge.

Help me to live well enough,

Oh Lord,

That I may ne’er feel shame.

Give me strength

To see and

Conquer all my own

Shortcomings.

-Adeline J. Haws

(Poetry, Relief Society Magazine, January 1930, p 44)