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' He held her up at. tlx: sl.ai.ion,
Lifted her up to kiss.
And then, with her arms fhmy round him,
J O I
Said to her, softly, th is:
“ Nellie, my pet, at bedtime,
When you kneel at your mothers knee
T o pray to the God who laves us,
Say a wee prayer for me.

“ I shall think of you in the twilight,
When the stars come out above,
A nd fancy I see you kneeling
With your blue eye full of love,
Breathing my name to Heaven ;
And if, as the good folks say.
God hears the prayers of the children,
H e’ll guard me while I ’m away.

11 H e’ll guard me, and bring me safely
Eack, little Nell, to you :
There’s many a danger, darling,
He'll have to help me through.'"
And lhe child looked i:p at her father,
The tears in her pretty eyes;
There was .something of shame in her manner—.
Something; of sad surprise,

11 Von needn't have asked me, daddy,
T always do th at! 71 she said ;
“ Don’t I pray for you <md for mammy
A t night when 1 go to bed ?
God loves the little ehildren.
And answers their prayers, they say;
I'm sure that v o if'l come hack safelv
I'll ask in my prayers that you ill ay.”