| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | | I. “God make my life a little light” | | By Matilda Barbara Betham-Edwards (1836–1919) |
| | | GOD make my life a little light | |
| Within the world to glow; | |
| A little flame that burneth bright, | |
| Wherever I may go. | |
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| God make my life a little flower, | 5 |
| That giveth joy to all, | |
| Content to bloom in native bower | |
| Although its place be small. | |
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| God make my life a little song | |
| That comforteth the sad; | 10 |
| That helpeth others to be strong, | |
| And makes the singer glad. | |
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| God make my life a little staff, | |
| Whereon the weak may rest, | |
| That so what health and strength I have | 15 |
| May serve my neighbours best. | |
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| God make my life a little hymn | |
| Of tenderness and praise; | |
| Of faith—that never waxeth dim, | |
| In all His wondrous ways. | 20 | | | |
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