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Christ's Regard for Children.
Mark x. 13-16.

2 "Permit them to approach," He cries,
"Nor scorn their humble name;

For 't was to bless such souls as these
The Lord of angels came."

3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands,
And yield them up to Thee;
Joyful that we ourselves are Thine,

Thine let our offspring be.

4 Ye little flock, with pleasure hear;
Ye children, seek His face;
And fly, with transport, to receive
The blessings of His grace.

Rev. Philip Doddridge. 1755 ab.

862 "Unto thee, and to thy Seed after thee."

Gen. xvii. 7.

How large the promise, how divine,
To Abraham and his seed:
'I'll be a God to thee and thine,
Supplying all their need."

2 Jesus the ancient faith confirms,
To our great fathers given;
He takes young children to His arms,
And calls them heirs of heaven.

3 Our God, how faithful are His ways!
His love endures the same;
Nor from the promise of His grace
Blots out the children's name.

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Profession and Covenant.

1 WITNESS, ye men and angels, now,
Before the Lord we speak ;
To Him we make our solemn vow,
A vow we dare not break:-

2 That long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from His cause will we depart,
Or ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on His grace rely,

That, with returning wants, the Lord
Will all our need supply.

Rev. Isaac Watts. 1709. ab. 4 O guide our doubtful feet aright,

Baptism of Adults.

I WE long to move and breathe in Thee,
Inspired with Thine own breath,

And keep us in Thy ways;

And, while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn Thou our prayers to praise.

Rev. Benjamin Beddome. (1717-1795.) 1818.

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"Lent unto the Lord."

1 Sam. i. 28.

2 Confiding in Thy truth alone,

Here, on the steps of Jesus' throne,
We lay the treasure Thou hast given
To be received and reared for heaven.

3 Lent to us for a season, we

Lend him forever, Lord, to Thee:
Assured, that, if to Thee he live,
We gain in what we seem to give.
4 Large and abundant blessings shed,
Warm as these prayers, upon his head;
And on his soul the dews of grace,
Fresh as these drops upon his face.

5 Make him and keep him Thine own child,
Meek follower of the Undefiled;
Possessor here of grace and love,

Inheritor of heaven above.

Their souls with saving grace endow,
Baptize them with Thy Spirit now.

4 O give Thine angels charge, good Lord,
Them safely in Thy way to guard;
Thy blessing on their lives command,
And write their names upon Thy hand.
5 O Thou, who by an infant's tongue
Dost hear Thy perfect glory sung,
May these with all the heavenly host
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Rev. William Robertson. (-1743) 1751. ab.

867 Prayer for the Children of the Church.

I DEAR Saviour, if these lambs should stray
From Thy secure enclosure's bound,
And, lured by worldly joys away,
Among the thoughtless crowd be found;

Rev. John Samuel Bewley Monsell. (1811-) 1837. 2 Remember still that they are Thine, 866

"Let little Children come to Me."

I A LITTLE child the Saviour came,
The mighty God was still His name,
And angels worshipped, as He lay,
The seeming infant of a day.

2 He who, a little child, began

The life divine to show to man,

That Thy dear sacred name they bear;
Think that the seal of love divine,
The sign of covenant grace, they wear.

3 In all their erring, sinful years,

O let them ne'er forgotten be; Remember all the prayers and tears Which made them consecrate to Thee.

Proclaims from heaven the message free, 4 And when these lips no more can pray,

"Let little children come to Me."

3 We bring them, Lord, and with the sign Of sprinkled water name them Thine:

These eyes can weep for them no more, Turn Thou their feet from folly's way, The wanderers to Thy fold restore.

Mrs. Ann Beadley Hyde. (—1872.) 1824

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1 FATHER, in these reveal Thy Son,
In these for whom we seek Thy face;
Adopt and seal them as Thine own,
By Thy regenerating grace.

2 Jesus, with us Thou always art,
Now ratify the sacred sign,
The gift unspeakable impart,

And bless Thy sacrament divine.

3 Come, Holy Spirit, from on high, Baptizer of our spirits, Thou! The purifying grace apply,

And witness with the water now.

4 Pour forth Thine energy divine,

And sprinkle the atoning blood; May Father, Son, and Spirit join

To seal each child a child of God. Rev. Charles Wesley. (1708-1788.) 1749. ab. and alt.

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Wash it from every stain of guilt,

And let this child be sanctified; Lord, Thou canst cleanse it, if Thou wilt, And all its native evils hide.

3 We ask not for it earthly bliss,

Or earthly honors, wealth or fame; The sum of our request is this, That it may love and fear Thy name. Miss Anne Steele. (1717-1778.) 1760. ab.

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Lowell Mason. (1792-1872.) 1832.

ROCKINGHAM. L. M.

1. O HAP-PY day, that fixed my choice On Thee, my Saviour and my God:

Well

may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all

a - broad.

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2 O nappy bond, that seals my vows
To Him who merits all my love:
Let cheerful anthems fill His house,
While to that sacred shrine I move.

3 'Tis done; the great transaction's done;
I am my Lord's, and He is mine;
He drew me, and I followed on,
Charmed to confess the voice divine.

4 Now rest, my long divided heart,

Fixed on this blissful centre, rest;
With ashes who would grudge to part,
When called on angels' bread to feast?

5 High heaven, that heard the solemn vow,
That vow renewed shall daily hear,
Till in life's latest hour I bow,
And bless in death a bond so dear.
Rev. Philip Doddridge. (1702—1751.) 1755-

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Giving ourselves away. I O, SWEETLY breathe the lyres above, When angels touch the quivering string, And wake, to chant Immanuel's love, Such strains as angel-lips can sing. 2 And sweet on earth the choral swell, From mortal tongues, of gladsome lays, When pardoned souls their raptures tell, And, grateful, hymn Immanuel's praise.

3 Jesus, Thy name our souls adore;

We own the bond that makes us Thine; And carnal joys, that charmed before, For Thy dear sake we now resign.

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I LORD, I am Thine, entirely Thine,
Purchased and saved by blood divine;
With full consent Thine I would be,
And own Thy sovereign right in me.

2 Grant one poor sinner more a place,
Among the children of Thy grace;
A wretched sinner, lost to God,
But ransomed by Immanuel's blood.
2 Thine would I live, Thine would I die,
Be Thine through all eternity;
The vow is past beyond repeal;
Now will I set the solemn seal.

4 Here, at that cross where flows the blood
That bought my guilty soul for God,
Thee my new Master now I call,
And consecrate to Thee my all.

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VICTORIA. L. M. D.

Henry Lahee. 1861.

1. ARM these Thy soldiers, mighty Lord, With shield of faith and Spirit's sword; Forth to the battle

may they go, And boldly fight against the foe, With banner of the cross unfurled, And by it

o-vercome the world; And so at last receive from Thee The palm and crown of vic-to- ry.

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1O THOU, my soul, forget no more The Friend who all thy sorrows bore, Let every idol be forgot,

But O my soul, forget Him not.

2 Renounce thy works and ways, with grief, And fly to this divine relief;

Nor Him forget, who left His throne,
And for thy life gave up His own.

3 Eternal truth and beauty shine
In Him, and He Himself is thine:
And canst thou, then, with sin beset,
Such charms, such matchless charms forget?
4 O no: till life itself depart,

His name shall cheer and warm my heart;
And, lisping this, from earth I'll rise,
And join the chorus of the skies

Krishnoo Pal. 1801.
Tr. by Rev. Joshua Marshman. (1767-1837.) 1801.

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