Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We

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Thy little ones, dear Lord, are we

Author: Hans Adolf Brorson (1732); Translator: Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1898)
Tune: HER KOMMER DINE ARME SMAA
Published in 23 hymnals

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1 Your little ones, dear Lord, are we
And come Your lowly bed to see;
Enlighten ev'ry soul and mind
That we the way to You may find.

2 With songs we hasten You to greet
And humbly fall before your feet.
Oh, blessed hour, oh, sweetest night
That gave You birth, our souls' delight.

3 Oh, draw us wholly to You, Lord,
To us Your constant grace accord;
True faith and love to us impart
That we may hold You in our heart.

4 Until at last we, too, proclaim,
With all Your saints, Your glorious name;
In paradise our songs renew
And praise You as the angels do.

Source: Worship Supplement 2000 #713

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Author: Hans Adolf Brorson

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Translator: Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth

Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth [Harriet Krauth], 1845-1925 Born: September 21, 1845, Baltimore, Maryland. Died: May 5, 1925, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Daughter of hymn translator Charles Krauth, Harriet attended the Girls’ School in Philadelphia, and lived independently as a writer. In 1880, she married Adolph Spaeth, pastor of St. Johannis Church in Philadelphia (and later president of the General Council of the Lutheran Church in America). She sang contralto, played the piano and organ, and for many years was the organist at St. Stephen’s Church in west Philadelphia. She provided hymn translations for The Church Book (1868), The Sunday School Hymnal (1901), and was r… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thy little ones, dear Lord, are we
Title:	Thy Little Ones, Dear Lord, Are We
Author:	Hans Adolf Brorson (1732)
Translator:	Harriet Reynolds Krauth Spaeth (1898)
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain