My Prayer

• I hope to ever keep the white light burning in my soul,
  
  And ever keep my ideals clean and whole.
  
  I hope to shun the dark and dreary ways,
  
  Keeping my eyes toward the light always,
  
  I hope to leave a ray of light when the day is done,
  
  To help my children dear to follow on.
  
  Maud E. Van Order
  (my Great-Grandmother)
  July 10 1946