For Nurses

WE thank Thee, most loving God, that Thou hast put it into the hearts of so many to give their lives to the helping and comforting of Thy children, the sick. We pray for them that Thou wouldest grant them the needed strength of body and of mind for their heavy tasks. They need patience with the fretful and the wayward; sympathy with the despondent and the suffering; power to say the needed word; skill to guide the wandering mind; tenderness to touch with healing strength the bruised and afflicted body; wisdom to learn that there is a time to be silent, that the heart knows a secret bitterness with which no stranger can intermeddle. When we think of the greatness of the work to which Thou hast called Thy servants, we ask, "Who is sufficient for these things?" Not of themselves, but of Thee, cometh their sufficiency. Out of the riches of Thy grace, supply all their need, we beseech Thee. May they ever bear in mind the glory Thou hast put upon them in calling them to share with Jesus Christ, the Servant of humanity, in ministering to those who have fallen by the wayside of life; that at the last they may hear with gladness His gracious word, "I was sick and ye visited me. Enter ye into the joy of your Lord." These petitions we present in His name and we ask Thee to hear us for His sake. Amen.