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                 Poems by Mary Baker Eddy                  43




  	     TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL CHILDREN
 
 1	     WHO SENT ME THE PICTURE DEPICTIVE OF ISAIAH XI. 

  	    JESUS loves you! so does mother:
 3	      Glad thy Eastertide:
  	    Loving God and one another,
  	      You in Him abide. 
 6	    Ours through Him who gave you to us, — 
  	      Gentle as the dove,
  	    Fondling e'en the lion furious,
 9	      Leading kine with love. 

  	    Father, in Thy great heart hold them
  	      Ever thus as Thine! 
12	    Shield and guide and guard them; and, when
  	      At some siren shrine
  	    They would lay their pure hearts' off'ring,
15	      Light with wisdom's ray — 
  	    Beacon beams — athwart the weakly,
  	      Rough or treacherous way. 

18	    Temper every trembling footfall,
  	      Till they gain at last — 
  	    Safe in Science, bright with glory — 
21	      Just the way Thou hast:
 
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 1	    Then, O tender Love and wisdom,
  	      Crown the lives thus blest
 3	    With the guerdon of Thy bosom,
  	      Whereon they may rest! 

  	      Pleasant View, Concord, N. H., April 3, 1899.