E'en as a child at mother's knee,
So would I come, dear God, to Thee;
As trustingly send up my prayer,
As simply own Thy loving care,
As fearlessly tell all my need,
As certainly await my meed.
So as a child, O Love divine,
Help me to place my hand in Thine.

Poems
[Written for the Journal]
AS A CHILD
From the May 1927 issue of The Christian Science Journal