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OUR CHILDREN THOU DOST CLAIM

Scripture Verse

Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of Heaven belongs to such as these. Matthew 19:14

Introduction

Words: Ben­ja­min Will­iams (1725–1795). Ap­peared in Psalms and Hymns for Pub­lic Wor­ship, ed­it­ed by Will­iam All­en ( Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: Lea­vitt & Lord and D. Bur­gess, 1835), num­ber 538, from the Sal­is­bu­ry Col­lect­ion (1778?). Promise to Be­liev­ers and Their Child­ren.

Music: Ayles­bu­ry Har­vey C. Camp, in Bi­ble Songs (Pitts­burgh, Penn­syl­van­ia: Unit­ed Pres­by­ter­ian Board of Pub­li­ca­tion, 1879), num­ber 43 (🔊 ).

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Lyrics

Our child­ren Thou dost claim,
And mark them out for Thine:
Ten thou­sand bless­ings to Thy name
For good­ness so di­vine.

Thee let the fa­thers know,
And Thee the sons adore,
Joined to the Lord in so­lemn vow,
To be for­got no more.

How great Thy mer­cies, Lord!
How plen­teous is Thy grace,
Which in Thy love and pro­mised word
Includes our ris­ing race.

Our off­spring, still Thy care,
Shall own their fa­thers’ God,
To lat­est times Thy bless­ings share,
And sound Thy praise abroad.