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Chapter 26: Thank God for Little Children.

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The collection gathers short lyric and occasional poems that move between intimate domestic remembrance, devotional reflection, and pointed social commentary. Several lyrics cherish maternal memory and nature; others draw on faith and small objects to consider human place in the cosmos. Public-spirited pieces address interracial fellowship, educational uplift, and the call for justice and peace, while satirical and moral poems critique gendered double standards and social hypocrisy. Overall the poems balance tenderness and moral urgency, blending personal feeling with reformist conviction.

Thank God for Little Children.

Thank God for little children,
Bright flowers by earth’s wayside,
The dancing, joyous lifeboats
Upon life’s stormy tide.

Thank God for little children;
When our skies are cold and gray,
They come as sunshine to our hearts,
And charm our cares away.

I almost think the angels,
Who tend life’s garden fair,
Drop down the sweet wild blossoms
That bloom around us here.

It seems a breath of heaven
Round many a cradle lies,
And every little baby
Brings a message from the skies.

Dear mothers, guard these jewels,
As sacred offerings meet,
A wealth of household treasures
To lay at Jesus’ feet.