Funeral of a Child

Thy life I read, my dearest Lord

Author: Samuel Stennett
Published in 136 hymnals

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1 Thy life I read, my gracious Lord,
With transport all divine;
Thine image trace in every word,
Thy love in every line.

2 Methinks I see a thousand charms
Spread o'er thy lovely face,
While infants in thy tender arms
Receive the smiling grace.

3 I take these little lambs, said he,
And lay them in my breast;
Protection they shall find in me,
In me be ever blest.

4 Death may the bands of life unloose,
But can't dissolve my love;
Millions of infant souls compose
The family above.

5 His words the happy parents hear,
And shout, with joys divine,
O Saviour, all we have and are
Shall be for ever thine.

Source: The Voice of Praise: a collection of hymns for the use of the Methodist Church #868

Author: Samuel Stennett

Samuel Stennett was born at Exeter, in 1727. His father was pastor of a Baptist congregation in that city; afterwards of the Baptist Chapel, Little Wild Street, London. In this latter pastorate the son succeeded the father in 1758. He died in 1795. Dr. Stennett was the author of several doctrinal works, and a few hymns. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Thy life I read, my dearest Lord
Title: Funeral of a Child
Author: Samuel Stennett
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #6729
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Instances

Instances (101 - 136 of 136)

The Baptist Harmony #d405

The Baptist Hymn Book, in Two Parts #d560

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The Baptist Hymn Book #830

The Baptist Sabbath School Hymn Book #d419

The Bible Harp #d280

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The Brethren Hymnal #516

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #449

The Church Harp. Rev. ed. #d133

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The Cyber Hymnal #6729

The Good Old Songs #d562

The Good Old Songs #d562

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The Gospel Hymn Book #179

The Halifax Selection of Hymns #d421

The Harmonia Sacra. 14th ed. #d325

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The Heart and Voice #198c

The Highway Hymnal #d325

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #746

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #809

The Lesser Hymnal #d321

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The Lord's Songs #XCIV

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The Mother's Hymn Book #37

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The Mother's Hymn Book. (Third stereotyped ed. Rev. and enl.) #49

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #493

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The New Hymn Book, Designed for Universalist Societies #493

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The New Hymn Book #252

The Primitive Hymns #d588

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1274

The Psalms of David ... New ed. #d227

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D225

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.215

The Victory #d392

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The Virginia Selection of Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #490

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The Voice of Praise #868

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #580

Virginia Selection of Psalms #d439

Zion's Hymns, for the Use of the Original Free-Will Baptist Church of North Carolina #d272

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