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[Ah! Lord, we must with shame confess]
Ah! Lord, we must with shame confess,
Though Thou art ready still to bless
Few in their harmless infancy
Will let their babes be brought to Thee:
We tremble lest Thy gracious touch
Should make them righteous overmuch,
Defeat our worldly hopes, and aim,
And brand them with their Master's shame.
Though Thou art ready still to bless
Few in their harmless infancy
Will let their babes be brought to Thee:
We tremble lest Thy gracious touch
Should make them righteous overmuch,
Defeat our worldly hopes, and aim,
And brand them with their Master's shame.
We fear lest when Thy grace o'erpowers,
Our children should be Thine, not ours:
Should unto God their hearts resign,
And only seek the things Divine:
We never shall devote our race,
Or yield them up to Thine embrace;
O'erwhelm'd with our own misery
Unless we come ourselves to Thee.
Our children should be Thine, not ours:
Should unto God their hearts resign,
And only seek the things Divine:
We never shall devote our race,
Or yield them up to Thine embrace;
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Unless we come ourselves to Thee.
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