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"Songs by the Way"
The Poetical Writings of the Right Rev. George Washington Doane, D.D., LL.D.

Arranged and Edited by His Son, William Croswell Doane

New York: D. Appleton, 1860.

TO MARGARET HARRISON DOANE,
BAPTIZED ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS, MDCCCLVIII.

"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister to them which shall be
heirs of salvation?"

MARGARET, sweetest--that means, Pearl--
You are, now, a Christian girl;
In the pure, baptismal wave,
Sin and death have found a grave;
Through the blood of Him, who died:
Christ, for sinners, crucified.

Sweetest Margaret, darling girl,
Be, henceforth, the Saviour's pearl
This is all the Angels' day;
Excellent, in strength are they;
Made, in Christ, salvation's heir,
You are, now, the Angels' pare.

Margaret, darling, sweetest girl,
Seek, in Christ, the priceless pearl.
Be a pearl, in holiness;
Be a pearl, in preciousness;
Then, forevermore be set,
In the Saviour's coronet.

RIVERSIDE, September 29, 1838.

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