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NYWJ.742.024
5 Apr 1742:22 (436)
From the American Historical Chronicle.
THE ORPHANS HYMNS.
I. [Untitled]
[1]
Come, let us join our God to bless,
And praise him evermore;
That Father of the fatherless,
That Helper of the poor.
[2]
Our dying parents us forsake
His mercy takes us up:
Kindly vouchsafes his own to make,
And he becomes our hope.
[3]
For us he in the wilderness,
A table has prepar'd:
Us, to whom his love delights to bless,
His providence to guard:
[4]
Known unto him are all our wants,
And when we see his face;
His open hand our bodies feed,
He feeds our souls with grace.
[5]
Then let us in his service spend
What we from him receive,
And back to him, what he shall lend,
In thanks and praises give.
[II.] BEFORE GOING TO WORK.
[1]
Let us go forth,'tis God's command,
Let us make haste away;
Offer to Christ our hearts and hands,
We work for Christ to day.
[2]
When he vouchsafes our hands to use,
It makes our labours sweet:
If any now to work refuse,
Let not the sluggard eat.
[3]
Who wou'd not do what God ordains
And promises to bless:
Who wou'd not 'scape the toil and pains
Of sinful idleness.
[4]
In vain to Christ the slothful pray,
We have not learn'd him so,
No:__For he calls himself the Way,
And work'd himself below.
[5]
Then let us in his footsteps tred,
And gladly act our parts:
On earth employ our hands and heads,
And give him all our hearts.
[III.] FOR THEIR BENEFACTORS.
[1]
Father of mercies, hear our prayers,
For those that do us good;
Whose love for us a place prepares,
And gives the orphans food.
[2]
Their mites, with blessings on their heads,
A thousand fold restore:
O feed their souls with living bread!
And let their cup run o'er.
[3]
Thy bonnty Lord, in Christ built up,
Let them forever prove,
Stedfast in faith, joyful thro' hope,
And rooted deep in love.
[4]
For those who kindly founded this,
A better house prepare;
And when remov'd to heav'nly bliss,
O let us meet them there.
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