Our Children, Lord, in Faith and Prayer

Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer,
We now devote to Thee;
Let them Thy covenant mercies share,
And Thy salvation see.

Such helpless babes Thou didst embrace,
While dwelling here below;
To us and ours, O God of grace,
The same compassion show.

In early days their hearts secure,
From worldly snares, we pray;
O let them to the end endure
In every righteous way.

Author: Thomas Haweis

Year: 1792

This hymn first appeared in Haweis's Carmina Christo (1792). It is occasionally attributed in some collections to other writers such as John Newton, but the preponderance of hymnological sources (including Hymnary.org and cyberhymnal) credit Thomas Haweis (1734–1820).