4 We feel for your unhappy state,
(May you regard it too !)
And would awhile ourselves forget,
To pour out prayer for you.
5 We see, though you perceive it not,
Th approaching awful doom ;
tremble at the solemn thought,
And flee the wrath to come !
6 Dear Saviour, let this new-born year
Spread an alarm abroad ;
And cry in every careless ear
" Prepare to meet thy God!
12.
Prayer for Children. C.
1 GRACIOUS Lord, our children see !
By thy mercy we are free,
But shall these, alas ! remain
Subjects still of Satan s reign ?
Isr el s young ones, when of old
Pharaoh threaten d to withhold,
Then thy messenger said, " No
Let the children also go."
2 When the angel of the Lord,
Drawing forth his dreadful sword,
Slew, with an avenging hand,
All the first-born of the land.
Then thy people s door he pass d,
Where the bloody sign was placed.
Hear us now upon our knees,
Plead the blood of Christ for these !
3 Lord, we tremble, for we know
How the fierce malicious foe,
Wheeling round his watchful flight,
Keeps them ever in his sight.
Spread thy pinions, King of kings !
Hide them safe beneath thy wings,
Lest the ravenous bird of prey
Stoop, and bear the brood away.
