Heat and burden of the day, Help us, Lord, to put away Let not crowding, fretting cares Keep earthbound our spirit's prayers. Carping criticism take From our hearts for Jesus' sake. In this little hour that we Spend in fellowship with Thee, Search us keenly, Lord, we pray, Least we leave thy house today Through our stubbornness unfed By the true and living bread, Lest we know not that we thirst, Selfishness that we have nursed. Through the years, O blessed Lord-- Smite it with Thy two-edged sword. Make us over! Make us kind. Let no lonely stranger find Lack of handclasp, or Pass unwelcomed through the door. Let the whole week sweeter be, For this hour we spend with Thee! ---The Ministry, July, 1957