Are All the Children in?
Are .ill the children in r Tin* night is tailing, And storm-cloud* gather in the threatening went : The 1«»v\ e,attle seek a friendly shelter; The bird hies to her nest ; The thunder crashes ! wilder arrows the tempest ; And darkness nettles o’er the fearful din ; Come, shut the door and gather round the hearthstone ! Are all the children in : Are all the children in : Tie night is falling When gilded sin doth walk aNiut the streets. For, '* at the last it hitsGth like a serpeut ! " Poisoned are stolen sweets. O mother, guard the feet of im x|»eri* nc*!, Too prone to wander in the paths of >iu ! (), shut the door of love against temptation r Are all the childen in r Are all the children in Thi night is falling ; The night of death is hastening.on apace ; The Lord is calling, “ Kilter thou thy eh amber, And tarry there apace.” And when He cone s, tin- King in all His glory, Who died the shameful death our hearts to win, 0, may the gates of Heaven shut a I suit us. With all the children in ’
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White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 179, 18 May 1910, Page 11
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190Are All the Children in? White Ribbon, Volume 15, Issue 179, 18 May 1910, Page 11
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