This one was the prayer of an unknown Confederate soldier

A poem found by one of our readers in a “real old book.” The caption reads: “This one was the prayer of an unknown Confederate soldier. He found it, I believe, in an old church in South Carolina.” I asked God for strength that I might achieve I was made weak that I might learn humbly to obey… I asked for health that I might do greater things I was given infirmity that I might do better things… I asked for riches, that I might be happy I was given poverty that I might be wise… I asked for...