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The Mission of the Children's Chain.
LIVERPOOL COURIER.
To sow the seeds of sympathy,
To foster thoughts of kindliness
In little hearts that else might be
Warped by pride and selfishness;
Young feet to guide, young souls to train,
Is the mission of the Children's Chain.
To foster thoughts of kindliness
In little hearts that else might be
Warped by pride and selfishness;
Young feet to guide, young souls to train,
Is the mission of the Children's Chain.
Old age, alas! is often made
The butt of ridicule and fun;
The tottering steps, the hoary head,
Too oft have little reverence shown:
The Links who join this Chain engage
To show due reverence to age.
The butt of ridicule and fun;
The tottering steps, the hoary head,
Too oft have little reverence shown:
The Links who join this Chain engage
To show due reverence to age.
The poor, the patient poor, who bear
Their weary burdens day by day,
With toilworn hands, oft badly fare—
Being rudely jostled on life's rough way:
Links who would Dame Durden please
Kind courtesy must shew to these.
Their weary burdens day by day,
With toilworn hands, oft badly fare—
Being rudely jostled on life's rough way:
Links who would Dame Durden please
Kind courtesy must shew to these.
The weak and suffering who lie
Throughout the long monotonous day,
Oft for a word of comfort sigh,
From those who pass so near their way:
Links who form this golden chain
Are pledged to sympathise with pain.
Throughout the long monotonous day,
Oft for a word of comfort sigh,
From those who pass so near their way:
Links who form this golden chain
Are pledged to sympathise with pain.
