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THE CHILDREN

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Aug 6, 1901

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 78, No. 32.

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THE CHILDREN.

By M. D.

M. D.
Would you give them life's choicest gift, Its richest treasure, Source of abiding peace, Joy without measure? Would you give them a talisman, Life's ills to ward? Yearns your heart from the tempter's snares Their feet to guard? Teach them “Our Father.”
— Not in word alone, but in life Show them its meaning, Tender and strong and true: “Being, not seeming.” All in you let them find Best worth possessing; So shall their young hearts know,— Richest of blessing,— God is like father.
Let them rest on the rock of your love, Trust your forgiving. Thus may you interpret God In daily living.
So shall their young feet tread Pathways of peace; So shall their hearts be led, In righteousness, To God our Father.