 | Ann Taylor - 1819 - 118 pages
...kept ucat aud elegantly bound.— Also Books for Presents. INFANT MINDS, I. A CHILD'S HYMN OF PRAISE. I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth...these Christian days, A happy English child. I was not bom, as thousands are, Where GOD was never known ; And taught to pray a useless pray'r, To blocks of... | |
 | 1822 - 588 pages
...November 7th, 1821. AN ENGLISH CHILD'S HYMN. 1 THANK the goodness and the grace, 'J hat on my hirth have smil'd ; And made me, in these Christian days,...happy English child. I was not born, as thousands are, AY here God was never known : -Or faught to pray a useless prayer, To blocks of wood and stone, I 'was... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - Egypt - 1824 - 280 pages
...better times. BERNARD. — That puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth...me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. ] was not born as thousands are, Where God was never known, And taught to pray a useless prayer To... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1824 - 284 pages
..." Hymns for Infant Minds :" — " I thank the goodness nnd the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. I was not born, as thousands are, Where Gcd was never known, And taught to pray a useless prayer To blocks of wood and stone." But, mamma,... | |
 | Lucy Sarah Atkins Wilson - Egypt - 1825 - 282 pages
...wiser than our neighbours; and I think we ought to be very thankful that we live in better times. " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. • " I was not born, as thousands... | |
 | Sarah Atkins - 1825 - 284 pages
...times. BERNARD. — That puts me in mind of a verse or two, in my " Hymns for Infant Minds :" — " I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. " I was not born, as thousands... | |
 | Ann Taylor, Jane Taylor - Children's poetry - 1828 - 102 pages
...Send down, and take me in thy love, To be thy better child, above. HVMNS. A CHILD'S HYMN OF PRAISE. I THANK the goodness and the grace "Which on my birth...have smil'd, And made me in these Christian days, A free and happy child. I was not born, as thousands are, Where God was never known; And taught to pray... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1829 - 138 pages
...does God keep ? What does God set down in that hook of reckoning ? 57 Praise for Christian Birth. 1 I thank the goodness and the grace, Which on my birth...have smil'd, And made me in these Christian days, A highly favour'd child. 2 I was not born as thousands are, Where God was never known, And taught to... | |
 | Hymns, English - 1829 - 130 pages
...God keep ? What does God set down in that book of reckoning ? , 57 Praise for Christian Birth. 1 1 thank the goodness and the grace, Which on my birth...have smil'd, And made me in these Christian days, A highly favour'd child. 2 I was not born as thousands are, Where God was never known, And taught to... | |
 | Joseph Allen - 1832 - 136 pages
...sung, The cheerful notes are heard in heaven. III. Gratitude for Christtan Privileges [Mear, Irish.] I thank the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me in these christian days A free and happy child. I was not born, as millions are,... | |
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I THANK the goodness and the grace Which on my birth have smiled, And made me, in these Christian days, A happy English child. 
