Trust the Children

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D.C. · Jun 23, 1904

Trust the Children

Trust the children. Never doubt them. Build a wall of love about them; After sowing seeds of duty, Trust them for the flowers of beauty.

Trust the children. Don’t suspect them, Let your confidence direct them; At the hearth or in the wildwood, Meet them on the plane of childhood.

Trust the little ones. Remember May is not like chill December; Let no words of rage or madness Check their happy note of gladness.

Trust the children. Gently guide them, And, above all, ne’er deride them, Should they trip or should they blunder, Lest you snap love’s cords asunder.

Trust the children. Let them treasure Mother’s faith in boundless measure, Father’s love in them confiding; Then no secrets they’ll be hiding.

Trust the children just as He did Who for “such” once sweetly pleaded— Trust and guide, but never doubt them; Build a wall of love about them.

— New York Ledger.