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David the bear and lion slew,
And o’er Gath’s champion stood ;
Josiah from his boyhood knew
His father David’s God.

To good Naomi gentle Ruth
Clave with a daughter’s soul ;
_ A little maid revealed the truth
Whence Naaman was made whole.

Children are thus Jehovah’s care,
Thus youth may seek his face ;

If his own Son he did not spare,
Will he not give all grace?

Child’s Book of Poetry.

   

  
    

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WHAT IS THAT, MOTHER?

“What is that, mother?”
The lark, my child.
The morn has but just looked out and smiled,