The Home Circle | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Mar 10, 1890

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 16, No. 10.

The Home Circle.

THE LITTLE BROWN PENNY.

A LITTLE brown penny, worn and old, Dropped in the box by a dimpled hand; A little brown penny, a childish prayer, Sent far away to a heathen land.

A little brown penny, a generous thought, A little less candy for just one day; A young heart awakened for life, mayhap, To the needs of the heathen far away.

So far away from the Fount of life, Living, yet dead in their dark despair, Waiting to hear of the tidings of joy, Go, little penny and lisping prayer.

The penny flew off on the prayer's swift wings, It carried the message by Jesus sent, And the gloom was pierced by a radiant light, Wherever the prayer and the message went.

And who can tell of the joy it brought To the souls of the heathen far away, When the darkness fled like wavering mists, From the beautiful dawn of the Christian day?

And who can tell of the blessings that came To the little child, when Christ looked down, Nor how the penny worn and old In heaven will change to a golden crown? —E. F. W.