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THE MOTHER'S PRAYER

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Jun 20, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 25.

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THE MOTHER'S PRAYER.

By William Cullen Bryant

STARTING forth on life's rough way, Father, guide them; O, we know not what of harm May betide them! 'Neath the shadow of Thy wing, Father, hide them. Waking, sleeping, Lord, we pray, Go beside them.
When in prayer they cry to Thee, Do Thou hear them; From the stains of sin and shame Do Thou clear them; 'Mid the quicksands and the rocks Do Thou steer them; In temptation, trial, grief, Be Thou near them.
Unto Thee we give them up; Lord, receive them; In the world we know must be Much to grieve them,— Many striving oft and strong To deceive them. Trustful, in Thy hands of love We must leave them. —William Cullen Bryant.