This Evening as I Pray -By: Gladys Ross Kentfield

The speaker is praying and thinking of their child. They express concern for their well-being and hope that their child is living a good life. They trust in God to take care of their child and continue to pray for them no matter where they are. The love and prayers of a mother are always with their child, whether they are near or far. This evening as I kneel to pray, in just the same old familiar way, I seem to see your face just now, there's a care-worn crease on your brow. I know not where you are tonight, my boy, I sought to guide you right. If life be ill, or well with you, or to Jesus you are true, I can but lift my heart to him, whose searching eye has grown ever dim. I can but place you in his care, and trust he'll hear this mother's prayer. I love you still, no matter where, you cannot wander from my prayer, for that will follow you always, while near at home or far away.