KODIAK, ALASKA.
SKPl’HMHBR I1H7.
V.il.
XVII. No. <)
The Crv of the Alaskan Children
lly lt"v. .T\m!;s MoWminne, D. D.
! -ir from 11-.«• Islam’s of Behring’s daik sea
Conms dm sad cry »>f the children to me,
Wandering, honn-b ss, friendless, forlorn,
Lightens their darkness no ray of the morn;
I. uni'>8 that I he Lord came from Heaven to save,
lie ir tlmir sad wailing borne over the wave:
“L »ng is dm d trkncsi that over ns lies,
When shall the dawn of the morning arise?
“Once we had pli'iity, 1ho sea was our store;
Spain and tl,e walrus came thick to our shore;
Now they are going, we follow their fate,
Haste, lest yi.ur aid be forever loo late;
Save our dark race from the grave of despair,
Hear our entreaty, oh, answer our prayer!
Low on the stud hy the storm beaten graves,
Kneeling we call to you over the waves.
“I’ily the orphans whose land they have sold.
Fatherless, motherless, starving, and eold,
Give to us only the crumbs you let fall,
Help, in the name of the Father of all;
Give to us starving in body ami soul,
Pity our poverty, grant us your dole,
Ye, whom our mines have enriched with their gold.
Ye, whom our furs cover warm from the cold.
“Uut of our misery gather us in,
(live us a refuge from suffering and sin,
Limbs are wo, lost from the Good Shephard’s fold,
Gather us in from the rain and the uold,
fell us of Jesus, and teach us to pray,
Tell us of Heaven, and show us the way;
Then shall our song he hoard over the waves,
lilessing and glory to Jesus who saves.”