September The Second

TAKE this Thy happy child to-night
Strong Father and Friend.

IT is time for sleep,
And Thy child comes again to Thy knee,
Sure of a perfect welcome,
Sure of forgiveness for failure,
Sure of a sweet, deep sleep,
Safe held in Thy care.

Take this Thy happy child to-night,
Strong Father and Friend.

-- JOHN S. HOYLAND
Jean L. Wood checking up on sleeping child. Taken April 1948 by photographer Martha Holmes. Life magazine archives.