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A Prayer for the Home

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 17, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 7.

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A Prayer for the Home

By Angeline W. Wray

DEAR Father, bless this home. Fill it with joy and cheer. Give perfect love and perfect peace To all abiding here.
When morning floods the world With radiance ever new, May every heart within these walls Have strength to dare and do.
In noontide’s golden hours, When tides of life run strong, Turn labor into joy, And fill all toil with song.
When darkness folds the earth, And shadows gather deep, Touch weary heart and brain, And give refreshing sleep.
Through sheen of waving bloom, Through whirl of falling snow, In every changing season, Lord, Let thine own presence glow.
And if some sorrow come, As sorrow sometime may, May thy sweet, gentle face Be clearest seen that day.
O, fill with friendships true This happy home so dear, But let Christ be the dearest friend, Abiding ever here.
— Angeline W. Wray.