THE MOTHER'S CHARGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 273, 19 November 1887, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE MOTHER'S CHARGE.

» Take this child one! mine it for me, and I wifl give tliee tby wages/'-JSxOPUB 11. 9. " Take this child and nurflD it for Me;" Thustho kindly princoss spoke, As the lovely weeping infant In her breast w>£t pity woke. „ " Take this child nnd nursp it Tor Me, Loving mother, hear God say, •"Tie a lowel I condde theo— ( Do not cast the gem β-way. " Take this child and nurse it for Me; n Shrink not from the holy task; Help and guidance will be givou By your Father, if you aek. Tell the little ouo of Jesus, How He died Ire soul to free; Let him hoar of God's compab-won, Heated on his mother's knee. Let no harsh nor hasty spirit Rudely crush the tender shoot, Nor an over-weening fondness, Hindor you the woods t unroot. View that lad in convict prison, See that lovely gixl a wreck; Miseries perhaps averted, By kbid words or UiflPly check. " Take this child and nursX) it for Me;" Think—within your loving arme. There may lie the mighty statesman, Or the orator that charms : Bettor still, the gifted preacher, Winning thousands for hie Lord, Or the patient missionary, Lab'ring hard in fields abroad. " Tako this child and nurse it for Me;" Fathers, mothers, oh arise 1 With a gentle, loving; firmness. Rear your children for the skies. Fearless launch thorn on life's ocean, Having well performed your part. With the Saviour for thuir " Captain, And the Bible for their chart.