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EVENING HYMN.
FOR A LITTLE CHILD.
LORD Most High! with humble prayerA little child implores Thy care,
To guard me through the long dark night,
From every danger and affright.
Oh! let Thy holy Angels keep
Their watch around me while I sleep;
For nothing bad can hurt me then,
Till light and morning come again.
Their watch around me while I sleep;
For nothing bad can hurt me then,
Till light and morning come again.
For Jesu's sake, forgive me, Lord,
Each rebel thought and angry word;
And help me every day, to try
Some fault to cure, some sin to fly.
Each rebel thought and angry word;
And help me every day, to try
Some fault to cure, some sin to fly.
I am Thy child!—oh, keep me still,
Beneath thy care, from every ill;
And lead me on as Thou seest best,
With Thee at last to find my rest.
Beneath thy care, from every ill;
And lead me on as Thou seest best,
With Thee at last to find my rest.
E.
January 23, 1842,
