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Let us with a gladsome mind

Let children to their God draw near.

Little children, come to Jesus

Lord, look upon a little child.

Lord Jesus, teach a child to pray

Lord, teach a little child to pray

Lord, a little band and lowly

Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing

Lord of life, whose word of power

Lo! He comes, in clouds descending

M.

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My God, who makes the sun to know

My God and Father! while I stray
Morning Prayer for a Child

N.

V

T.

The day is past; again we close....

The darkness is over, the sun is on high

The Lord will come, the earth shall quake

The Lord attends when children pray

The morning bright

The sun had risen, the air was sweet

There is a path that leads to God.

There is a happy land

There's not a leaf within the bower.

This is the day of glorious news.

Through the day Thy love hath spared us

To do to others as I would.

Twinkle, twinkle, little star

W.

What a strange and wondrous story

Whene'er I take my walks abroad

While humble shepherds watch'd their flocks

Who taught the bird to build her nest

Y.

Yes! there are little ones in heaven .

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NURSERY AND SCHOOL HYMNS.

A CHILD'S PRAYER.

1 GENTLE Jesus, meek and mild,
Look upon a little child,

Pity my simplicity,

Suffer me to come to Thee.

2 Fain I would to Thee be brought,
Gracious God! forbid it not;
In the kingdom of Thy grace,
Give a little child a place.

3 O supply my every want,
Feed the young and tender plant;
Day and night my keeper be,
Every moment watch round me.

PRAYER FOR GRACE.

1 LORD, look upon a little child,
By nature sinful, rude, and wild :
Oh! put Thy gracious hands on me,
And make me all I ought to be.

2 Make me Thy child, a child of God,
Wash'd in my Saviour's precious blood,
And my whole heart, from sin set free,
A little vessel full of Thee ;-

3 A star of early dawn, and bright,
Shining within Thy sacred light;
A beam of grace to all around;
A little spot of hallow'd ground.

4 Dear Jesus, take me to Thy breast,
And bless me, that I may be blest;
Both when I wake, and when I sleep,
Thy little lamb in safety keep.

FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.

1 LORD, teach a little child to pray;
Thy grace betimes impart,

And grant Thy Holy Spirit may
Renew my infant heart.

2 A sinful creature I was born,
And ever since have stray'd;
I must be wretched and forlorn
Without Thy mercy's aid.

3 But Christ can all my sins forgive,
And wash away their stain;
Can fit my soul with Him to live,
And in His kingdom reign.

4 To Him let little children come,
For He has said they may;
His bosom, then, shall be their home;
Their tears He'll wipe away.

5 For all who early seek His face
Shall surely taste His love;

Jesus shall guide them, by His grace,
To dwell with Him above.

PRAYER.

1 THE Lord attends when children pray,
A whisper He can hear;
He knows not only what we say,
But what we wish or fear.

2 He sees us when we are alone,

Though no one else can see;

And all our thoughts to Him are known,
Wherever we may be.