Nursery Corner

By Jay A. Parry

Lord, let this baby lie

Safe here in my lap;

Let the world spin by;

Let my baby nap.

Broken loves come soon enough,

Broken hopes and broken faith.

May this child learn to trust;

May she learn to seek thy face.

Then when trials rage around her,

Then when hell’s stiff wars combine,

She will feel thine arms surround her;

They will wrap her firm, like mine.