It was published for the
children of the Sabbath schools of Old England. She said it would do for
us, the children of New England, and wished me to learn it.
_Eld. B._ Well, brother, I am sure you have improved the few times that
you have attended the school. Have you learned the hymn? and how do you
like it? Let me hear you repeat it. I should like to know what the
children are taught in the Sabbath schools of Old England. Will you
please to repeat it to me?
_Young. B_ I will. I did as well as I could. I have learned the hymn,
and am much pleased with it. I think of it the last thing when I fall
asleep at night, and awake in the morning with it on my mind. But I will
repeat it to you, and you will see that I have not been to the Sabbath
school, though for so short a time, for nothing.
_The Child's First Hymn._
Listen, Father, to my prayer,
Guard me with thy tender care;
Teach a humble child to know,
The path of duty here below.
Set a watch upon my heart,
Lest an evil thought should start;
Make me gentle, kind and good,
Through the Savior's cleansing blood.
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