THE FAMILY CIRCLE.

Digger (Invercargill RSA), Issue 6, 23 April 1920, Page 12

THE FAMILY CIRCLE.

THE CHILDREN.

The house that has the children is the liouse that has the joy in it, To me 'tis only liome that has a girleen or a boy in it. A.n' every one that's added only makes the place the cheerier ; If childher are the gifts of God, the more He sends the merrier. Sure, every little one I've had gave something to my bliss the more, An' every little baby face my lips were drawn to kiss the more, An' though I know how the trouble an' the thria] and the care they are, An' though I know how often wild, how wayward an' how quare they are An' though 'tis many a niglit I've watched besidl tlie little beds of them, An' held their little hands and cooled the fevered little heads of them, An' though I know the surly moods that fell upon the best of them Can one who is unkind ontweigh the love of all the rest of them? ^ No, no, the trouble that I've had, througn them, I'll never rue at all, An' sure, without the childher now, I don't know what I'd do at all.