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AN HYMN FOR THE GEORGIA ORPHANS.

Come, let us join our God to bless,
And praise Him evermore;
That Father of the fatherless,
That Helper of the poor.
Our dying parents us forsake;
His mercy takes us up,
Kindly vouchsafes His own to make,
And God becomes our hope.
For us He in the wilderness
A table hath prepared;
Us whom His love delights to bless,
His providence to guard.
Known unto Him are all our needs;
And, when we seek His face,
His open hand our bodies feeds,
Our souls He feeds with grace.
Then let us in His service spend
What we from Him receive;
And back to Him what He shall send
In thanks and praises give.