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God Bless Mother

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Apr 13, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 15.

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God Bless Mother

A LITTLE child with flaxen hair, And sunlit eyes so sweet and fair, Who kneels, when twilight darkens all, And from those loving lips there fall The accents of this simple prayer: “God bless! — God bless my mother!”
A youth upon life's threshold wide, Who leaves a gentle mother's side, Yet keeps, enshrined within his breast, Her words of warning, still the best, And whispers, when temptation-tried: “God bless! — God bless my mother!”
A white-haired man, who gazes back Along life's weary, furrowed track, And sees one face with hope alight, Hears words of love that led aright, And prays, with reverential brow: “God bless! — God bless my mother!”
— Brooklyn Magazine.