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THE CHILDREN

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Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Mar 12, 1861

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 17, No. 17.

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THE CHILDREN.

By L. C. Hutchins

WEEP for the living, not for the dead, Sweetly they sleep in their lowly bed, Taken away from the evil to come; And Jesus will gather the children home.
Those who remain tread a thorny way, Bearing the burden and heat of the day, Trials without and temptations within, Well if they keep from pollution and sin.
But should they leave the straight path as they go, Take the broad way to perdition and woe, Well had they found them a peaceful bed, Quietly laid with the early dead.
Weep for the living, not for the dead; Sweetly they sleep in their lowly bed, Taken away from the evil to come, And Jesus will gather the children home. He will be faithful, whose word is given, Of such little ones is the kingdom of heaven. L. C. HUTCHINS.
Pier Cove, Mich.