TAKE MY HAND by J. G. Whittier

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 6, 1898

“TAKE MY HAND.”

By J. G. Whittier

A TENDER child of summers three, Seeking her little bed at night, Paused on the dark stairs timidly, “O mother, take my hand,” said she, “And then the dark will all be light!”

We older children grope our way, From dark behind to dark before; And only when our hands we lay, Dear Lord, in Thine, the night is day, And there is darkness nevermore.

—J. G. Whittier.