Poems (Crandall)/A Mothers Prayer

by Rosa Neil Crandall

Set Free

Is a burden of bitterness crushing the heart?
  O God, send Thine angels, I pray;
New life unto faith, hope and love to impart,
  And roll the stone away;

Sad spirit bowed with a load of grief,
  For a loved one called away;
God's ministering angels can bring relief,
  Can roll the weight away.

Hast thou a sorrow that never dies,
  That's eating thy life away?
Hast thou remorse? Arise—arise,
  Whatever the burden—pray.

Thy God will hear thee, set thee free,
  And sin no more hold sway—
Oh, welcome the angels that come to thee
  To roll the stone away.