The Old Road to Paradise/Mother-Prayer

by Margaret Widdemer

MOTHER-PRAYER

"Lord, make my loving a guard for them    Day and night, Let never pathway be hard for them;    Keep all bright! Let not harsh touch of a thorn for them    Wound their ease—All of the pain I have borne for them    Spare to these!"

So I would pray for them, Kneeling to God Night and day for them.

"Lord, let the pain life must bring to them    Make them strong, Keep their hearts white though grief cling to them    All life long, Let all the joys Thou dost keep from them    At Thy will Give to them power to reap from them    Courage still!"

So I must ask for them, Leaving to God His own task for them.