All My Help From God

By J. J. Thorne

God’s love and mercy gave my birth,
God blessed me on my mother’s arm;
God blessed my mother to love me.
To her heart I was a charm.

God blessed me in the cradle,
God blessed my days of youth;
God blessed me with a mother and father.
That always taught me the truth.

God gave me life, health and strength,
And eyes that I might see;
Every blessing of my life
God has handed down to me.

God blessed me with a conscience.
To guide my steps day by day;
Yet am an alien vile and blind.
Open my heart to know thy way.

God has blessed me twenty-eight years of age.
Blessed my arm with a poet’s hand;
How my pencil has written this book,
‘Tis more than my heart can understand.

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