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Show I MOTHERS' DAY f i . i j j "Would you know the spot; most dear to me & ? That alL this wide, wide world contained, jr f My mercy-seat to which I'd flee . f X "When hope had flown and care remained; ; X X Where loving counsel showed the way jjj X In which my wayward feet should tread, . X. X Where sweet advice like the sun's bright ray . ? X Around my path its blessings shed? X 4 g And would you know that heavenly spot, $ 1 That precious place on earth to me? - . ? But have you yet divined it not? " ' r j That place was at my mother's knee. j $ . ' ' X ' . I sought it there in childhood years ' ' -j Some kindly instinct led me there, : '" - " X I found a cordial for my tears, " ' X! X A friend with whom my griefs to share. . X X 'Twas there I learned a saviour's care X And there a mother's love so deep, X T 'Twas there I learned that infant prayer . . T T "Now I lay me down to sleep." . ' . ,'; r X j- O, memory! how the heart new weeps - .;v'r l. t To recall the hallowed way, X ; She draws us again to that mercy-seat ' X X On this, "Our Mothers' Day." If X N. h. CORDELL. X X Salt Lake, May 8, 1910. T . ............ |