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The HYMN mentioned in the foregoing Letter.
I.
POOR helpless babe! dear little child!
John be thy name, thy nature mild;
Great may'st thou be in Jesu's sight,
A babe in whom he takes delight.
II.
Be thou made holy from the womb,
By him who sav'd thee from the[1] tomb:
In Jesu's arms still may'st thou rest,
While sucking at thy mother's breast.
III.
Blest be the parents with the son!
Blest be the God that gave you one!
We'll magnify the Lord with you!
Share in your joy, we're sure we do.
IV.
O may you both be taught of God,
To teach this Child his Saviour's blood:
That thousands in your bliss may share,
In answer to united pray'r.
V.
And may the Lamb, your Master, grant
This grace, that you may never want
A child to stand before his face,
To preach his Love, his Sov'reign Grace!
- ↑ Alluding to the remarkable deliverance that his father and mother
had some few weeks before his mother was delivered, when she and her
husband being riding in a chaise, they were thrown into a deep ditch, and
received no harm, as mentioned in Letter 534, p. 39.
