Like a Mother

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 2, 1902

“Just as a mother, with sweet, pious face, Yearns toward her little children from her seat, Gives one a kiss, another an embrace, Takes this upon her knees, that on her feet; And while from actions, looks, complaints, pretenses, She learns their feelings, and their various will, To this a look, to that a word dispenses, And, whether stern or smiling, loves them still; So Providence for us, high, infinite, Makes our necessities its watchful task, Hearkens to all our prayers, helps all our wants; And e’en if it denies what seems our right, Either denies because ’twould have us ask, Or seems but to deny, and in denying grants.”