Prayer For A Little Child.
BLESSED Jesus, kind and mild,
Stoop to hear a little child:
At thy feet I come to pray;
Saviour, cast me not away.
Take away my load of sin,
Make me clean and pure within;
Teach me all I need to know,
Be my Shepherd here below.
In my childhood may I be
Gentle, meek, and pure like thee;
Help me every sin to leave,
Lest thy loving heart I grieve.
Tender Jesus, thou didst call
To thine arms the children small;
Lo, I come, and humbly pray,
Cast me not from thee away.
YI