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THE BURDEN-BEARER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 8, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 41.

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THE BURDEN-BEARER.

“Take me, papa,” said my darling, As we stood within the hall; So I bore him up the stairway, Scarcely felt the burden small.
In my other hand I carried Books I wished to scan that night, And the elfin begged me let him Take them in his arms so slight.
Step by step to top we mounted; Then he said with childish pride: “Baby carried books for papa, Didn’t he?” “Yes,” I replied.
Little innocent! ne’er dreaming, As he bore the asked-for load, That his father’s strength upheld him, Double-burdened on the road.
God is sometimes pleased to give us Work of wondrous skill and thought; Gleefully we don the laurels, When His hand the triumph wrought.
—Anon.