The Home Circle by Frank Myrtle

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 10, 1880

The Home Circle.

By Frank Myrtle

’TWAS ONLY A CHILD.

"Twas only a child! and yet to me Its childish prattle, light and free, Is ever present at my side To cheer me on the swelling tide.

"Twas only a child! and yet I hear Its tender voice still drawing near, To guide my fainting soul aright, And cheer my path with blessed light.

"Twas only a child! and yet I know In childlike faith I, too, must go Unto a Father’s loving care, When trials of earth are hard to bear.

"Twas only a child! and yet it stands To join, above, the parted strands. It waits—aye, waits! till God shall lay Each strand along its golden way.

"Twas only a child! and yet I know It lights the path where I must go. In faith, in love, in childlike grace, I, too, must seek my Father’s face. —Frank Myrtle.