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    The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2
    The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2
    The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2
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    The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2

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      The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2 - Archive Classics

      Project Gutenberg's The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2, by Various

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      Title: The Nursery, August 1873, Vol. XIV. No. 2

      Author: Various

      Release Date: March 29, 2008 [EBook #24939]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK NURSERY, AUG. 1873, VOL.XIV. NO.2 ***

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      THE

      NURSERY

      A Monthly Magazine

      For Youngest Readers.

      VOLUME XIV.—No. 2

      BOSTON:

      JOHN L. SHOREY, No. 36, BROMFIELD STREET.

      1873.

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by

      JOHN L. SHOREY,

      In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

      Boston:

      Stereotyped and Printed by Rand, Avery, & Co.

      THE MOTHER'S PRAYER.

      THE MOTHER'S PRAYER.

      NCE there was a good mother whose chief prayer for her little boy in his cradle was that he might have a loving heart. She did not pray that he might be wise or rich or handsome or happy or learned, or that others might love him, but only that he might love.

      When that little boy, whose name was Edward, grew up, it seemed as if his mother's prayer had been answered, and that, in making it, she had been wiser than she knew or dreamed.

      She had not prayed that he might be wise; but somehow the love in his heart seemed to make him wise, and to lead him to choose what is best, and to remember all the good things he was taught.

      She had not prayed that he might be rich; but it turned out that he was so anxious to help and serve others, that he found the only way to do that was to get the means of helping: and so he became diligent,

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