Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: O children hither do ye come
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: VIII
Page Number: 131, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO CHILDREN, hither do ye come,
And unto me give ear;
I shall you teach to understand
How ye the Lord should fear.
What man is he that life desires,
To see god would live long?
Thy lips refrain from speaking guile,
And from ill words thy tongue.
Depart from ill, do good, seek peace,
Pursue it earnestly.
God's eyes are on the just; his ears
Are open to their cry.
The face of God is set against
Those that do wickedly,
That he may quite out from the earth
Cut off their memory.
The righteous cry unto the Lord,
He unto them gives ear;
And they out of their troubles all
By him deliver'd are.
The Lord is ever nigh to them
That be of broken sp'rit;
To them he safety doth afford
That are in heart contrite.