Hark, how he calls the ten der lambs, And folds them in his arms! A-MEN. 9:b bb 2 "Permit them to approach," he cries, "Nor scorn their humble name; For 'twas to bless such souls as these The Lord of angels came." 3 We bring them, Lord, in thankful hands, And yield them up to thee; Joyful that we ourselves are thine, PHILIP DODDRIDGE Shield it from sin and threatening wrong, And let thy love its life pro-long. A-MEN. 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! 3 We, too, before thy gracious sight, Once shared the blest baptismal rite, And would renew its solemn vow 4 Grant that, with true and faithful heart, sus spreads his banner o'er us, Cheers our fam-ished souls with food; -e He the banquet spreads be - fore us, Of his mystic flesh and blood. May we taste it, kindly given, In re-membrance, Lord, of thee. A-MEN. 2 In thy holy incarnation, When the angels sang thy birth; In thy fasting and temptation, In thy labors on the earth, In thy trial and rejection, In thy sufferings on the tree, ROSWELL PARK |