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Written by L.B. Cowman (1870-1960), an American writer and author.

Pressed out of measure and pressed to all length;
Pressed so intensely it seems, beyond strength;
Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul,
Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll.

Pressure by foes, and a pressure from friends.
Pressure on pressure, till life nearly ends.Pressed into knowing no helper but God;
Pressed into loving the staff and the rod.
Pressed into liberty where nothing clings;
Pressed into faith for impossible things.
Pressed into living a life in the Lord,
Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured.

I was crushed…so much so that I despaired even of life, but that was to make me rely not on myself,
but on the God who raises the dead. [2 Corinthians 1:8-9]