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hymn for a little boy.
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"For He who makes your heart so glad,
Who bids the good be gay,
With the same love will make it sad,
Whene'er you disobey.

"He is our Father, and he hears
Your weakest, faintest prayer;
He wipes away an infant's tears,
And children are his care."