Mother Prayer by Margaret Widdemer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 2, 1915

Mother Prayer

By Margaret Widdemer

“ Lord, make my loving a guard to them, Day and night; Let never pathway be hard to them, Keep all bright! Let not a stone or a thorn for them Wound their ease, All of the pain I have borne for them Spare to these!”

So I would pray for them, Kneeling to God, Night and day for them.

“ Lord, let the griefs life must bring to them Make them strong, Keep their hearts white though pain cling to them Their life long. Let all the joys thou dost keep from them At thy will, Give them the power to reap from them Courage still!”

So I must ask for them, Leaving to God His good task for them.

—Margaret Widdemer.