Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 237
a benedictionTook the note from his eager hand. Having read it, the good mans bosomGrew warm with a holy joy : Ah ! Christ may have heard you already,Will you come to my house, my boy? And the next Lords Day, in his pulpit,The preacher so spake of these Stray lambs from the fold, which- JesusHad… … Oer the eyes of the listening fathers There floated a gracious mist;And oh, how the tender mothers Those desolate darlings kissed ! You have given your tears, said the preacher, Heart-alms we should none despise;—But the open palm, my children,Is more than the weeping eyes ! Then followed a swift…
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