ack of prayer;
Is bidding timely warning wait
For daily toil and care.

Allowing things that crumble, waste,
Our whole attention claim,
We cause sweet Innocence in haste
To leave our homes to shame.

But thee, sweet grace, we find in some--
Thank God thou art not lost!--
We see thee in the Christian home
As royal guest and host.

We note the mother as she pleads
For counsel from God's throne,
Then goes with wisdom that she needs
And strength to make it known.

We watch the child in this true home,
And in its face so fair
We recognise what doth become
A faithful mother's prayer.

Sweet Innocence! may we extol,
Within the home, thy art;
Thy power to beautify the soul,
To teach the pure in heart.

Thou gift divine! thou fairest gem!
Thy presence may we crave,
That thou mayst grace our diadem
In life beyond the grave.

Reveal, O grace, unto the world
Thy beauties rich and rare,
That all may understand and know
What mothers find in prayer_.

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