Lord, who am I to teach ‘the way’
To all my students day-by-day
So prone myself to go astray
I teach them knowledge, but I know
How faint the flicker and how low
The candles of my knowledge glow
I teach them power to will and to do
But only now to learn anew
My own great weakness through and through
I teach them love for all mankind
And all God’s creatures, but I find
My love comes lagging far behind
Lord, if their guide I still must be
Oh, let all my students see
The teacher leaning hard on thee
~ Anonym
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