A searchable, downloadable PDF of the original poem appears below. Bill Steele is the pastor of Burch Presbyterian Church in Fort St. John, B.C.
Lord make me
strong as steel
spiritually
and morally
in a muddy swampy world
Lord make me
mellow as the melody
of a holy Hebrew psalm
sung by sinners
saved by your mercy
Lord make me
faithful as a follower
of You Father Yahweh
Who will be Who You are
Lord make me
gentle as the growing grass
stretching sunward
Lord make me wholly human
as the Holy Human
God the Son.