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Text:This Child We Dedicate to Thee
Translator:Samuel Gilman
Tune:ZEPHYR
Composer:William B. Bradbury

327. This Child We Dedicate to Thee

1 This child we dedicate to Thee,
O God of grace and purity!
Shield it from sin and threatening wrong,
And let Thy love its life prolong.

2 O may Thy Spirit gently draw
Its willing soul to keep Thy law;
May virtue, piety, and truth,
Dawn even with its dawning youth.

3 We, too, before Thy gracious sight,
Once shared the blest baptismal rite,
And would renew its solemn vow
With love, and thanks, and praises now.

4 Grant that, with true and faithful heart,
We still may act the Christian’s part,
Follow the path the Master trod,
And ever do Thy will, O God.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: This child we dedicate to Thee
Title: This Child We Dedicate to Thee
Translator: Samuel Gilman (1823)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1957
Scripture:
Source: From the German
Tune Information
Name: ZEPHYR
Composer: William B. Bradbury (1844)
Meter: L. M.
Key: C Major



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