
1 O what can little hands do
to please the King of heaven?
The little hands some work may try,
to help all those in poverty:
such grace to mine be given.
2 O what can little lips do
to please the King of heaven?
The little lips can praise and pray,
and gentle words of kindness say:
such grace to mine be given.
3 O what can little eyes do
to please the King of heaven?
The little eyes can upward look,
can learn to read God's holy book:
such grace to mine be given.
4 O what can little hearts do
to please the King of heaven?
Young hearts, if God His Spirit send,
can love their Maker, Saviour, Friend:
such grace to mine be given.
Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #565
First Line: | O what can little hands do |
Title: | What Can Little Hands Do? |
Author: | Grace W. Hinsdale |
Meter: | 7.6.8.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
O what can little hands do? [Value of Little Things.] We find this popular hymn for children in the American Tract Society's Happy Voices, 1865, No. 136, in 5 stanzas of 5 lines, and signed "Farin."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)