Sunbeam Love
A DARLING little infant
Was playing on the floor,
When suddenly a sunbeam
Came through the open door,
And, striking on the carpet,
It made a little dot;
The darling baby saw it,
And crept up to the spot.
His little face was beaming
With a world of perfect joy,
As if an angel's presence
Had filled the little boy;
And with his tiny finger,
As in a fairy dream,
He touched the dot of sunshine,
And followed up the beam.
He looked up to his mother
To share his infant bliss;
Then stooped, and gave the sunbeam
A pure, sweet baby kiss.
O Lord, our Heavenly Father!
In the fullness of my joy,
I pray that child-like feeling
May never leave the boy;
But in the days of trial,
When sin allures the youth,
Send out the light to guide him
'The sunbeams of thy truth;
And may his heart be ever
To thee an open door,
Through which thy truth, as sunbeams,
Make joy upon life's floor!
The Children's Prize.