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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

s.h.i.+nes night twinkle them

It is night.

I see a star.

The star s.h.i.+nes at night.

The star twinkles.

The star twinkles in the sky.

Do you see the star?

It s.h.i.+nes 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