O, Thou from whom all gifts proceed, <br />A blessing now dispense; <br />And give us, Lord, with power to plead, <br />The cause of temperance. <br /> <br /> <br />With wisdom, charity, and zeal, <br />May we its blessings trace; <br />That all to whom we shall appeal <br />Those blessings may embrace. <br /> <br /> <br />That self-denial we may show, <br />Which men of old enjoin'd, <br />And every vain desire forego, <br />To benefit mankind. <br /> <br /> <br />Of what offends a brother's eye, <br />Or gives another pain, <br />May we in love ourselves deny, <br />And from its use abstain.<br /><br />John Pierpont<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/prayer-for-divine-blessing/
