A COLLECT FOR CLUBWOMEN
Keep us, O God, from pettiness;
let us be large in thought, in word, in deed.
Let us be done with fault finding
and leave off self-seeking.
May we put away all pretense
and meet each other face to face,
without self-pity and without prejudice.
May we never be hasty in judgement
and always be generous.
Let us take time for all things;
make us to grow calm, serene, gentle.
Teach us to put into action our better impulse,
straightforward and unafraid.
Grant that we may realize
it is the little things that create differences;
that in the big things of life we are at one.
And, may we strive to touch and to know
the great, common human heart of us all.
And, Oh, Lord God,
let us forget not, to be kind.
Mary Stewart
Longmont, Colorado
1904