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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Lord a little band and lowly (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: Lord a little band and lowly

Topic: Home/Youth and Age

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: 8s and 7s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 1218

Page Number: 729, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

Lord, a little band, and lowly,

We are come to sing to thee;

Thou art great, and high, and holy,

O how solemn should we be!



Fill our hearts with thoughts of Jesus,

And of heaven where he is gone;

And let nothing ever please us

He would grieve to look upon.



For we know the Lord of glory

Always sees what children do,

And is writing now the story

Of our thoughts and actions, too.



Let our sins be all forgiven;

Make us fear whate'er is wrong;

Lead us on our way to heaven,

There to sing a nobler song.