Quote#Truth
Teach me. Lord, my true condition
Quote byHenry Francis Lyte · 1793–1847
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 329..
English (original)
Teach me. Lord, my true condition; Bring me childlike to Thy knee; Stripped of every low ambition, Willing to be led by Thee.
— Henry Francis Lyte
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