Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Children of old hosannas sang
Topic: Songs for Christian Children
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: Song 339
Page Number: 406, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsCHILDREN of old hosannas sang
To praise the Saviour's name;
We too would join our infant song,
To celebrate his fame.
Chief priests and scribes were sore displeas'd
That children thus should sing;
But Jesus own'd their early praise,
And we our praises bring.
We bless the Lord for all his gifts,
For life, and food, and friends:
We bless him for the word of life,
The choicest gift he sends.
God's sacred word we learn to know,
Where heav'nly wisdom lies;
Here, too, are kind instructions giv'n,
That teach us to be wise.