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Hymns for Infant Minds, by A. and J. Taylor. Revised by J. Gilbert
Hymns for Infant Minds by A and J Taylor Revised by J Gilbert Author:Ann Taylor General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1876 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: We are not lost amid the throngs; For each, for all, He cares ! Then let us raise our thankful songs, And join our humble prayers, -- That so, while happy angels wait His will to know and do, The news may reach to Heaven's gate That we would serve Him too. XIII. THE BIBLE. This is a precious book indeed ! Happy the child that loves to read ! 'Tis God's own word, which He has given To show our souls the way to Heaven. It tells us how the world was made, And how good men the Lord obeyed : Here His commands are written, too, To teach us what we ought to do. It bids us all from sin to fly, Because our souls can never die ; It points to Heaven, where angels dwell, And warns us to escape from hell. But what is more than all beside, The Bible tells us, Jesus died ! This is its best, its chief intent, To lead poor sinners to repent: Be thankful, children, that you may Read this good Bible every day: 'Tis God's own word, which He has given To show your souls the way to Heaven. XIV. GOSPEL LIGHT. We thank Thee for the morning sun, For moon and stars at night, But more, O Lord, Thy love has done, To give us heavenly light. We thank Thee for Thy holy Word, The Bible in our hands, The Gospel which our ears have heard, In these our favoured lands. While tribes and nations know Thee not, And still in darkness lie, The Light of Life our souls have got, To guide us to the sky. Oh let not us the gift despise, Not yet bestowed on them, Lest Sodom and Gomorrah rise Our folly to condemn ! XV. AGAINST WANDERING THOUGHTS. When daily I kneel down to pr...« less