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Show "SUCH A CARE." "They're such a care," 1 he-ard her say, speaking of children yesterday. "I sometimes wonder if It pays. If all the gladness of their ways Is worlh the pain of parting wh n God calls his babies home again I think it better not to know A joy that Is soon to go And then the risk! You cannot tell Whether or not they'll turn out well; With all your care, you cannot say How far their feet shall go astray; I fear I could not stand the shame, If flesh of mine should stain inv j name " I answered: "Once your mother's I prayer Was to be given such a can She asked that she might know yourj smile. Feel your caresses for a while, Stand vigil by your cot at night And give her strength for vour delight. de-light. Ventured yoilT days of life to buy The pain of parting should you die, Nor gae one thought unto the shame That you might place upon her name. Whatever the risk throughout your days. She only asked a child (o raise She did not ask a guarantee That du would pure and lovely be. "Today a lonely mother werp3 Whoso babe benealh thp willow sleeps. Vet gladh would she bear ihe pain To know such happiness again, She has forever as her own The day of joy which she has . -nown. And always, when her heart grows1 sad, I1 She can recall the love she s had: Hers is a richer sweeter lif With all the pain adn hurt of strife : And all its weight ot grief and woe, Than those who've had nj babe to know. Oh. make unto your God this prayer That he shall send you such a cue ' |