  Where is darling baby gone? Where is my sweet, cherished boy, With his soft hands at the dawn Waking me in childish joy? Where are those blue, sparkling eyes, That were like stars of hope to me? The angels took him to the skies, To dwell, O God! to dwell with Thee. He left his foot-prints in my home, His voice is in my heart; He left a kiss upon my lips, That never can depart. And there in Heaven where angels dwell, Where parting tears are never known, There lives the sweet and cherished one, Which here on earth I called my own. Dear Saviour, let me, on Thy breast, In faithfulness and praise recline. O let me never faint and fall, Nor ever mourn while Thou art mine! Thy spirit, Lord, is with me yet, To wipe all tear-drops from my eyes, And when the sun of life is set, And now adown the path of life I go to cheer the faint and worn, And scatter words and acts of love, For those of hope and comfort shorn. In Thy bright foot-prints, O my Lord! Help me to lead some straying one. Be Thou my strength and hope and shield; Be Thou to me the rising sun. Rivers of pleasure, full and free, Shall then flow from Thy throne above, And all my gloom forgotten be, Hid in the ocean of Thy love. endpaper divider |
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