I SHALL BE GLAD..
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IF I CAN PUT NEW HOPE WITHIN THE HEART,
OF ONE WHO HAS LOST HOPE,
IF I CAN HELP A BROTHER UP
SOME DIFFICULT LONG SLOPE
THAT SEEMS TOO STEEP FOR TIRED FEET TO GO,
IF I CAN HELP HIM CLIMB
INTO THE LIGHT UPON THE HILLS FAR CREST,
I SHALL BEGRUDGE NO TIME
OR STRENGTH THAT I CAN SPEND, FOR WELL I KNOW
HOW GREAT MAY BE HIS NEED.
IF I CAN HELP THROUGH ANY DARKENED HOUR,
I SHALL BE GLAD INDEED..
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FOR I RECALL HOW OFTEN I HAVE BEEN
DISTRESSED,DISTRAUGHT,DISMAYED,
AND HANDS HAVE REACHED TO HELP,
AND VOICES CALLED
THAT KEPT ME UNAFRAID.
IF I CAN SHARE THIS HELP
THAT I HAVE HAD,
GOD KNOWS
I SHALL BE GLAD