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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Feb 15, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 7.

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RELINQUISHMENT.

By M. Elisabeth Burns-Howell

BY M. ELISABETH BURNS-HOWELL.
“‘Tis time to put the toys away,” I said to baby dear, When she had ended all her play, And shades of night drew near. She did not cry, Nor question, “Why?” Nor ask that we might “wait a while,” But brought each treasure with a smile.
O, simple, happy, childhood heart! The blessings we might gain, Could we but learn thy sinless art; How much of bitter pain, How much of grief, Would find relief, Did we but sweetly drink the cup, When self must yield her idols up!