Copyrighted, 1900,

By Allie M., Felker,

AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE GIVEN ME PERMISSION TO

PUBLISH POEMS AND EXTRACTS,

This Little Volume is Gratefully Dedicated.

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A. M. F.

WORDS OF COMFORT.

STANDING at the portal

Of the opening year,

Words of comfort meet us,
Hushing every fear;

Spoken through the silence.

By our Father's voice,

Tender, strong, and faithful,

Making us rejoice.

Onward, then, and fear not,

Children of the Day!

For His word shall never,

Never pass away!

Frances Ridley Havergal.