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PARENTS' PRAYER FOR THE CHILDREN.
Christ on Earth, in Heaven the King,
As we heard the Children sing,
How the thought within us smiled,
Thou wert once a little Child!
As we heard the Children sing,
How the thought within us smiled,
Thou wert once a little Child!
Hover near them, Heavenly Dove,
With thine overshadowing love;
Keep them pure and undefiled:
Thou wert once a little Child!
With thine overshadowing love;
Keep them pure and undefiled:
Thou wert once a little Child!
See them playing on the sands,
'Twixt two tides, with helpless hands;
Save them when the waves grow wild:
Thou wert once a little Child!
'Twixt two tides, with helpless hands;
Save them when the waves grow wild:
Thou wert once a little Child!
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Bless them in their joyousness;
Hear them, help them, in distress;
Be their Shepherd when beguiled;
Thou wert once a little Child!
Hear them, help them, in distress;
Be their Shepherd when beguiled;
Thou wert once a little Child!
Let their feet be firmly shod;
Let them not go back to God,
With immortal jewels soiled;
Thou wert once a little Child!
Let them not go back to God,
With immortal jewels soiled;
Thou wert once a little Child!
Take them, when the Peril's past,
To thy Father's Home at last;
He remembers, and is mild,
Thou wert once a little Child!
To thy Father's Home at last;
He remembers, and is mild,
Thou wert once a little Child!
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