My Mother - Hymn Time

Alfred Henry Ackley, 1911
My Mother
Bentley DeForest Ackley
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1. To my mem - ory comes a vi - sion That my heart can ne’er for-get,
Of my
2. ’Twas the voice of my dear mo - ther, Full of love and sym - pa - thy, That so
3. Tho’ my mo - ther has de - part-ed,
Still I feel her spir - it near, As she
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mo - ther, with her ten - der care for me, For the
oft - en cheered my heart when sad and lone, For I
pleads be - fore the heav’n - ly Fa - ther’s throne, And her
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face of years for - got - ten Still re - mains, I see it yet, And her
felt the need of Je - sus, And her con - stant prayer for me Led my
prayers my life shall an - swer, For I long to meet her there, And to
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brow re - flects the light of Cal - va - ry.
And the
wan - dering foot - steps to my Fa - ther’s home.
see the Christ who bought me for His own.
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- drops, how they glist - ened, When she told me of His love, How the
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