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She knelt, put up her little hands, "Our Father up in heaven,"
She sweetly said, "for Jesus' sake, let father be forgiven;
Have mercy, blessed Savior, wash all his sins away,
And send thy Holy Spirit to teach him how to pray."
That father rose in penitence, sweet thoughts within him stirred,
A yearning, warm desire to hear from God's own Word
Those precious truths she thus had lisped in accents sweet and mild;
He placed the Bible in her hand; "Take this and read my child."
She read the holy Book, and, at that midnight hour,
God sent his blessed Spirit to seal it home with power;
Those sweet words of the loving John, that "all who look may live,"[1]
He heard, and said, "Dear Mary, can Jesus now forgive?"
- ↑ John iii: 14, 15.
