The day is past; again we close The darkness is over, the sun is on high The Lord will come, the earth shall quake Y. Yes! there are little ones in heaven 19 NURSERY AND SCHOOL HYMNS. A CHILD'S PRAYER. 1 GENTLE Jesus, meek and mild, Pity my simplicity, Suffer me to come to Thee. 2 Fain I would to Thee be brought, 3 O supply my every want, Feed the young and tender plant; PRAYER FOR GRACE. 1 LORD, look upon a little child, 2 Make me Thy child, a child of God, 3 A star of early dawn, and bright, 4 Dear Jesus, take me to Thy breast, FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT. 1 LORD, teach a little child to pray ; And grant Thy Holy Spirit may 2 A sinful creature I was born, 3 But Christ can all my sins forgive, 4 To Him let little children come, His bosom, then, shall be their home; 5 For all who early seek His face 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, 3 'Tis not enough to bend the knee, The heart must with the lips agree, 4 Teach us, O Lord, to pray aright, That we in prayer may take delight, 5 Then, Heavenly Father! at Thy throne THE CHILD'S GOSPEL. 1 I THINK When I read that sweet story of old, How He call'd little children, as lambs to His fold, "Let the little ones come unto me." |