SUNDAY SCHOOL HYMN. MIGHTY God, may we address thee? Deign to hear, while children bless thee, 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! 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, Following those who passed before us, That the praises of thy glory 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! 1841. 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 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,— 1842. 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. Come! let us now thine influence prove, Our guide and guardian be, That we may know, obey and love The Father, Son, and Thee! |