Book 2, Hymn 12 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
Gracious Lord, our children see
Book 2, Hymn 12 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. Gracious Lord, our children see,By thy mercy we are free;But shall these, alas! remainSubjects still of Satan’s reign?Israel’s young ones, when of oldPharaoh threatened to withhold;Then thy messenger said, “No;Let the children also go.”
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Stanza 2. When the angel of the LordDrawing forth his dreadful sword,Slew, with an avenging hand,All the first–born of the land:Then thy peoples’ doors he passed,Where the bloody sign was placed;Hear us, now, upon our knees,Plead the blood of CHRIST for these!
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Stanza 3. LORD we tremble, for we knowHow 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 rav’nous bird of preyStoop, and bear the brood away.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 12. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-12
About these words
William Cowper lived from 1731 to 1800. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
