The Little Boy’s Request
Sent to the Fulton Street Prayer Meeting in the summer of 1858.
I am a little boy of twelve, and always tell the truth;
O pray for me, that I may love the Savior in my youth.
Thus from the sunny South that precious message came
To those who meet in Fulton street to pray in Jesus’ name.
Dear little boy in Georgia, oh write once more, and say
That you “stand up for Jesus,” that you have found the way,—
The narrow way that leads to Heaven; then we once more in prayer
Will thank our heavenly Father, who hath sweetly brought you there.