"Go out," I said: "you are half a fool,
"But perhaps they can teach you here."

"And why do you stay so long,
"My heart, and where do you roam?"
The answer came with a laugh and a song,--
"I find this school is home."

April, 1901.



A PRAYER FOR A MOTHER'S BIRTHDAY

Lord Jesus, Thou hast known
A mother's love and tender care:
And Thou wilt hear, while for my own
Mother most dear I make this birthday prayer.

Protect her life, I pray,
Who gave the gift of life to me;
And may she know, from day to day,
The deepening glow of Life that comes from Thee.

As once upon her breast
Fearless and well content I lay,
So let her heart, on Thee at rest,
Feel fears depart and troubles fade away.

Her every wish fulfill;