36 GOOD MORNING. The sun is peeping straight into my eyes,— And make us as happy as happy can be." "Happy you may be, my dear little girl;" And the mother stroked softly each clustering curl: "Happy you can be; but think of the One Who wakened, this morning, both you and the sun." The little girl turned her bright eyes with a nod : "Mamma, may I say 'Good morning' to God?" "Yes, little darling one, surely you may; Kneel, as you kneel every morning to pray." Mary knelt solemnly down, with her eyes Looking up earnestly into the skies; And two little hands, that were folded together, An angel looked down in the sunshine and smiled, But she saw not the angel,- - that beautiful child! GOD MADE ME. I WILL BE GOOD TO-DAY. "I WILL be good, dear mother," "I will be good; now watch me, She lifted up her bright young eyes, And when night came, that little one O, many, many bitter tears, "T would save us, did we say, Like that dear child, with earnest heart: GOD MADE ME. I NOW am but a little child; My hands are weak, my strength is small; Yet I can seek, and I can love, The Lord Almighty, God of all. 37 38 He gave my LITTLE DANDELION. life to me at first; He loves the little child He made; He keeps me safe through all the day, If I obey and love His law, He'll teach me all I need to know; When I have lived my life below. HYMNS FOR YOUNG CHILDREN. LITTLE DANDELION. GAY little Dandelion Lights up the meads, Poured from above; Wise little Dandelion Asks not for love. Cold lie the daisy banks, Bright hues were seen. 40 LILY OF THE VALLEY. LILY OF THE VALLEY. COME, my love, and do not spurn Hanging down its modest head, Yet we love the lily well, Come, my love, and do not spurn As the lily at your feet; Be as gentle, be as mild, Be a modest, humble child. "Tis not beauty that we prize, Like a summer's flower it dies; But humility will last, Fair and sweet when beauty's past; And the Saviour from above, Views a humble child with love. |