About SJBC

I bring to you my daughter
Till now she has been wholly mine
I must recede and share with you
In teaching her a task divine.

If I should over-anxious seem
Forgive me – for I love her so
And ’tis my very life of me
The things that bring zeal or woe.

Till now the I said and did
Were held by her as right and true
Now she will look to you for help
And quote to the things you do.

I know that you can teach her book
No thought of that I need to give
But answer me this question please
O will you teach her how to live?

You’ve brought to me your daughter
And from this time she’s partly mine
“Twill ease my task if you have taught”
The love of God and Truth divine.

But the way I teach seems wrong
And I in error seem to be
Speak well of me before the child
Then come and reason it with me.

I hope that you will find in me
A friend who loves to teach the truth
I would not have her lose her faith
Nor disappoint her eager youth.

If in the days that are to come
Some evil thing our child should do
Remember that “it would pain my heart”
and I’d be just as sad as you.