Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Not all the nobles of the earth
Topic: God Perfect
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 237
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsNot all the nobles of the earth,
Who boast the honors of their birth,
Such real dignity can claim,
As those who bear the Christian name.
To them the privilege is giv'n
To be the sons and heirs of heaven;
Sons of the God who reigns on high,
And heirs of joys beyond the sky.
(On them, a happy chosen race,
Their Father pours his richest grace;
To them his counsels he imparts,
And stamps his image on their hearts.
Their infant-cries, their tender age,
His pity and his love engage;
He clasps them in his arms, and there
Secures them with parental care.)
His will he makes them early know,
And teaches their young feet to go;
Whispers instruction to their minds,
And on their hearts his precepts binds.
Their daily wants his hands supply
Their steps he guards with watchful eye;
Leads them from earth to heaven above;
And crowns them with eternal love.
If I've the honor, Lord, to be
One of this numerous family,
On me the gracious gift bestow,
To call thee Abba Father! Too.
So may my conduct ever prove
My filial piety and love!
Whilst all my brethren clearly trace
Their Father's likeness in my face.