Lighting Candle

"All the darkness in the world

cannot put out the light of one small candle."

In this still hour

God holds his great lamp low

that I may light my prayers.

Shining through the world they go,

one here, one there.

No "curtain" can keep out their glow;

no heart so cold

it cannot feel their loving warmth.

The world is being changed tonight.

Lit at the lamp of God

in this still hour,

prayer

is lighting candles everywhere.