Poems for Children Sigourney/Hymn for the Children of an Orphan Asylum

by Lydia Sigourney

Hymn for the Children of an Orphan Asylum.

Not for our infant homes we pine,
    Nor mourn a parent's care,
Adopted thus by Christian love,
    And nurtur'd as we are;
Instructed from the ways of sin
    To turn with cautious feet,
And taught how truth and goodness make
    A lot of labor sweet.

Hail, bounteous friends! who kindly guide
    Our steps in paths of peace,
Ye ne'er shall be by us forgot,
    Till life and memory cease;
But daily, when we kneel in prayer,
    We 'll ask of Him above,
To shed his blessing on your souls
    For all your deeds of love.

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