THE PLEADING LITTLE GIRL.

Silently each night while she lays to sleep,

The family devotion done,

but on her bed she goes to God alone,

From the depths of her heart

Silently pleading,

Lord if you will that I serve you forever

I don't know what the world holds

And I don't intend to know

If I be the separate friend

So let it be.

I'm safe within the fold

And there I'll stay

I won't step I foot out

to see how the world looks

For I might never return to Her

Oh Lord ones again your pleading child is here

Earnestly asking, if there be a thing

To take her out the fold

Its best you take her so

To dwell with thee on high

Her soul too precious to lose

She prays each chance you give to live

The grace to live aright,

Your guide and word to follow

Till her latest breath she draws.