The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#376

376. Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer

1 Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer
we bring before Your face;
let them Your covenant mercies share
and save them by Your grace.

2 Such little ones in Your embrace
You took while here below;
to us and ours, O God of grace,
the same compassion show.

3 O Lord, Your infant feet were found
within Your Father's shrine:
Your years with changeless virtue crowned
were all alike divine:

4 Dependent on Your bounteous breath
we seek Your grace alone,
in childhood, manhood, age and death,
to keep us still Your own.

Text Information

• First Line: Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer
• Author: Thomas Haweis, 1733-1820 (alt.)
• Author: Reginald Heber
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Baptism
• Source: V. 2, alt. Compilers; V 3, 4 altered Compilers of Church Hymnary, 3rd ed., 1973

Tune Information

• Name: ST PETER
• Composer: Alexander Robert Reinagle, 1799-1877
• Meter: CM
• Key: E♭ Major
• Source: Psalm Tunes for the voice and Pianoforte, 1830