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| Text: | This Child We Dedicate to Thee |
| Author: | Samuel Gilman |
| Tune: | FEDERAL STREET |
| Composer: | Henry K. Oliver |
1 This child we dedicate to Thee,
O God of grace and purity!
In Thy great love its life prolong;
Shield it, we pray, from sin and wrong.
2 O may Thy Spirit gently draw
Its willing soul to keep Thy law;
May virtue, piety, and truth
Dawn even with its dawning youth.
Amen.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | This child we dedicate to Thee |
| Title: | This Child We Dedicate to Thee |
| Author: | Samuel Gilman |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1986 |
| Topic: | Dedication of Children and Parents |
| Source: | German |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | FEDERAL STREET |
| Composer: | Henry K. Oliver |
| Meter: | L.M. |
| Key: | F Major |
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