Prayer for Children
Olney Hymns, William Cowper, from Cowper's Poems, Sheldon & Company, New York
Gracious Lord, our children see, Israel's young ones, when of old When the angel of the Lord, When Thy people's doors he pass'd, Lord, we tremble, for we know Spread Thy pinions, King of kings!By Thy mercy we are free;
But shall these, alas! remain
Subjects still of Satan's reign?
Pharaoh threaten'd to withhold,
Then Thy messenger said, "No;
Let the children also go!"
Drawing forth his dreadful sword,
Slew with an avenging hand,
All the first-born of the land;
Where the bloody sign was placed:
Hear us, now, upon our knees,
Plead the blood of Christ for these!
How the fierce malicious foe,
Wheeling round his watchful flight,
Keeps them ever in his sight:
Hide them safe beneath Thy wings;
Lest the ravenous bird of prey
