CHAPTER 23
A Baby's Lifework
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"And was it meet, thou tender flower, on thy young life to lay Such burden, pledging thee to vows thou never canst unsay? What if thou bear the Cross within, all aching and decay? And 'twas I that laid it on thee-what if thou fall away? Such is Love's deep misgiving when, stronger far than Faith, She brings her earthly darlings to the Cross for Life and Death. " KEBLE.
IT was a sweet morning in early June.