My Father in heaven loves to hear me say my prayer.

"I laid me down and slept; I awaked, for the Lord sustained me."--_Psalms 3:5_.

"Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights."--_James 1:17_.

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THE "MATER AMABILIS IN GLORIA"

By Bodenhausen

"The extremely popular 'Mater Amabilis in Gloria,' where a girlish young mother, her long hair streaming about her, stands in upper air, poised above the great ball of the earth, holding her sweet babe to her heart. Pictures like these constantly reiterate the story of a mother's love--an old, old story, which begins again with every new birth."--_Hurll_ [End ill.u.s.tration]

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star sky above trees

shines night twinkle them

It is night.

I see a star.

The star shines at night.

The star twinkles.

The star twinkles in the sky.

Do you see the star?

It shines above the trees.

I love to see the birds, and the flowers, and the stars.

G.o.d made them all.

G.o.d loves them all.

G.o.d loves you.

"He telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names."

_Psalms 147:4_.

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morning sun rises hills

glad here are awaken

The night is done.

The day is here.

I awaken when it is day.

The birds awaken when it is day.

The flowers awaken when it is day.

I see the sun in the sky.

The sun rises above the hills.

The sun rises above the trees.

The birds and the flowers are glad to see the sun.

Are you glad the night is done?

"Day unto day uttereth speech, And night unto night showeth knowledge."--_Psalms 19:2_.

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THE INFANT SAMUEL By Reynolds (1723-1792)

Sir Joshua Reynolds is thought by many to have been the greatest of English painters. He was a Devonshire lad, and was intended by his father for the medical profession. He early showed such apt.i.tude for painting that he was permitted to have his way, and after studying in Italy, returned to England, where an exhibition of his work aroused great enthusiasm, and his popularity continued through his life.

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this saying kneeling thanking

his beside goodness child

See this little child.

He is going to bed.

He is saying his prayer.

He is kneeling beside his bed.