Teacher's Prayer

"Lord, who am I to teach the way to little children day by day, so prone myself to go astray?

I teach them knowledge, but I know how faint they flicker and low the candle of my knowledge glow.

I teach them power to will and 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, O let the little children see the teacher leaning hard on thee."

Author Unknown