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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 21, 1916

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 93, No. 63.

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Earth’s Greatest Charm

By Elizabeth Johnson Huckle

God made the streams that gurgle down purple mountain side; He made the gorgeous coloring with which the sunset’s dyed; He made the hills, and covered them with glory; and he made The sparkle on the dewdrops and the flecks of light and shade. Then, knowing all earth needed was a climax for her charms, He made a little woman with a baby in her arms.
He made the arching rainbow that is thrown across the sky; He made the blessed flowers that nod and smile as we go by; He made the glad-some beauty as she bows with queenly grace; But sweetest of them all, he made the love-light in the face That bends above a baby, warding off the world’s alarms, That dainty little woman with her baby in her arms.
A soft pink wrap, embellished with a vine in silken thread; A filmy, snow-white cap upon a downy little head; A dress ’twould make the winter drift look dusty by its side; Two cheeks, with pure rose-petal tint, two blue eyes wonder-wide; And bending o’er, that mother face imbued with heaven’s own charms— God bless the little woman with her baby in her arms!
—Elizabeth Johnson Huckle.