LORD, for our children we would plead, Dear objects of our care; Dangers on every side are spread, Save them from every snare.
We ask for them not wealth or fame, Amid the worldly strife; But in our Saviour’s saving name We ask eternal life.
On us hast Thou bestowed Thy grace, Be to our children kind; Among the saved give them a place, And leave not one behind.
Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872, Rowland Hill, 1744-1833