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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 14, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 37.

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A Home Picture

By Louise R. Baker

O! THE happy little home when the sun shone out, And the busy little mother got the children all about; And Johnny fetched the water, and Tommy brought the wood, And Billy-boy tied both his shoes, as every laddie should, And Dannie rocked the cradle with a clatter and a song, To make the little sister grow so pretty and so strong.
O! the sweet peas and the morning-glories climbing 'round the door, And the tender vine of shadow with its length across the floor. O! the “pinies” and the roses, and the quiver of the grass, And the cheery call of friendship from the neighbors as they pass! O! the scuffle and the shouting, and the little mother's laugh, As a rabbit starts up somewhere, and her “great helps” scamper off.
O! the happy little home when the twilight fell, And all along the meadow rang the old cow-bell With a tinkle that is music through the rushing of the years— And I see the little mother, in the tremble of the tears, And I hear the happy laughter as she cries, “The boys have come!” And we know she's getting supper in the happy little home.
O! the happy little home when the moon gleamed forth, And Billy-boy would have it that it “rised in the north.” O! the raptures and the whispers near the little mother's chair, As the white-robed little figures are flitting here and there. And we're just as near to heaven as we mortals ever roam, When we kneel and say our prayers in the happy little home. —Louise R. Baker.