Down in our lowly home All goes so well; All pleasures

hither come To our sweet dell; Father so brave is here, Mother so

kind and dear! Oh, in our lowly home All goes so well.

Down by our fireside neat Love rules the hours Thro’ winter’s

icy sleet And summer’s flow’rs. Children, a happy band, Kind words and

gentle hand: Oh, by our fireside neat Love rules the hours.

Why in our peaceful cot Goes all so well? Why here love

faileth not Can any tell? Jesus abides within, Guarding from

strife and sin. O Saviour, evermore Here with us dwell.

THE BLIND BOY