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SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN.

MIGHTY God, may we address thee?
Thou dost own a Father's name;

Deign to hear, while children bless thee,
And thy wondrous love proclaim:

Love through all divinely beaming

In thy wondrous works we trace,

In creating, in redeeming,

In thy Spirit's promised grace.

May these thoughts from evil win us!
May we turn to God and live!

Shed thy love abroad within us

And our every sin forgive!

Grant! oh grant thy Holy Spirit,

(E'en a child for this may pray,)

Earnest that we shall inherit

Bliss in realms of endless day!

So, when years have hurried o'er us,
And our fathers sink to rest,

Following those who passed before us,
We may rise to call them blest.
Bidding still the wondrous story
To succeeding times descend,

That the praises of thy glory
May continue to the end!

Praise the Father, Great Creator!

Praise the Saviour, God the Son!

Praise the Spirit, Renovator

Of a world by sin undone !

Praise within the church be given!

Praise, to earth's remotest bound!

Praise along the arch of heaven

Let angelic hosts resound!

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THE TRINITY.

SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN.

OUR Father, if indeed thou art

The Father and the Friend

Of those who with a lowly heart.

Before thy footstool bend,

Hear us, Almighty and All-wise,
And bless our infant years,

And sanctify our childish joys,

And dry our childish tears!

Dear Saviour, if thy smile of old To little ones was given,

If children such as we behold

Thy Father's face in heaven,—

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Thy gentle deed, thy gracious word

Help us to bear in mind,

And make us like thyself, O Lord,

Holy and good and kind!

Blest Spirit, if to thee belongs

The morning of our days,

If from young lips and stammering tongues.
Thou hast ordained praise,—

Come! let us now thine influence prove,

Our guide and guardian be,

That we may know, obey and love

The Father, Son, and Thee!

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