"A FATHER'S PRAYER"-------"GOSPEL MINUTES"

                                                      A FATHER'S PRAYER

                                              "Dear God, my little boy of three

                                                  Has said his nightly prayer to Thee;

                                              Before his eyes were closed to sleep,

                                                   He asked that Thou his soul would keep.

                                              And I, still kneeling at his bed,

                                                   My hand upon his tousled head,

                                              Do ask, with deep humility,

                                                   That Thou, dear Lord, remember me,

                                              Make me kind Lord, a worthy Dad

                                                   That I may lead this little lad,

                                              In pathways ever fair and bright,

                                                    That I may keep his steps aright.

                                              O, God, his trust must never be

                                                    Destroyed or even marred by me.

                                               So, for the simple things he prayed

                                                     With childish voice so unafraid,

                                               I, trembling, ask the same from Thee.

                                                     Dear Lord,

                                                          Kind Lord,

                                                      REMEMBER ME!

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