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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 13, 1912

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 39, No. 31.

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HOME AND FIRESIDE

By Charles Poole Cleaves

Motherhood

(By Charles Poole Cleaves, in "Mothers' Magazine")
O, anxious mothers! could you only know How often in the bosom of a child Fountains of love spring up and overflow, Wasting, yet longing but to be beguiled Along some low, green vale of mother love; How little arms are eager to caress, And little hearts, that know not how to prove Their love, have power to comfort and to bless;— You would not try your mission to fulfil By stern tasks only, that repress and mar The instinct for the beautiful and good. O, seize the timely moments to instil Dear, happy memories. For home memories are The safeguard of the child, the sweets of motherhood.
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