# Humility

Language: en  
Author: —Tammy Wollman Stoltzfus  
November 21, 2000  
Original issue: The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2002, Number 2  
Source pages: 28  
Read article: <https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/poetry/humility/>
Original PDF: 2002\-03\-remnant\.pdf
[The Heartbeat of The Remnant, March/April 2002](<https://remnant.truechristian.church/en/issues/heartbeat-remnant-2002-03/>)

At any cost, O Lord, for any price  
And may I never call it sacrifice  
There is one grace, one thing I must possess  
Humility is what I need, I’ve none, I must confess\.

This wretched pride I fear possesses me  
And keeps my Lord from drawing close to me  
It causes me to serve myself, and yet  
Turn away when others cry, “Help\.”

This evil vice corrodes the soul within  
We cannot call it less than godless sin  
Too oft ignored in many a Christian’s life  
It is the source and root of every strife\.

Root out destructive tares that pride has sown  
I would possess a nature like Thine own  
Wilt Thou not, Lord, to me, impart  
This my prayer: A humble servant’s heart?

A heart with not a thought for me or mine  
No praise, or honor, which are Thine  
Make me a lowly vessel in Thy hand  
Ever waiting Thy command\.

When others meet me, may they see  
The meek and lowly Lamb in me\.  
Laying down his life again  
To save the people from their sin

As much as pride now possesses me  
So make me possess, in full, humility  
At any cost, O Lord, for any price  
And may I never call it sacrifice\.

*—Tammy Wollman Stoltzfus  
November 21, 2000*