O thou whose divine tenderness ever outsoars the narrow loves and charities of earth, grant me today a kind and gentle heart towards all things that live. Let me not ruthlessly hurt any creature of thine. Let me take thought also for the welfare of little children, and of those who are sick, and of the poor, remembering that what I do unto the least of these his brethren, I do unto Jesus Christ my Lord.
John Baillie (1886-1960)
(The Night Offices, p. 333
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