Occupation: Writer Death: October 12, 1895
He gave us eyes to see them, And lips that we might tell How great is God Almighty, Who has made all things well..
The rich man in his castle, The poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, And order'd their estate..
Christian children all must be Mild, obedient, good as He. . . . . For He is our childhood's pattern, Day by day like us He grew, He was little, weak….
All things bright and beautiful, All creatures great and small, All things wise and wonderful, The Lord God made them all..
Once in royal David's city Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a Mother laid her Baby In a manger for His bed: Mary was that Mother mild Jesus Christ he….
Christian children all must be mild, obedient, good as He..
There is a green hill far away, Without a city wall, Where the dear Lord was crucified, Who died to save us all..
Souls in heathen darkness lying, where no light has broken through, souls that Jesus bought by dying, whom his soul in travail knew.... Haste, o hast….
We praise Thee, Lord, of all the earth, for love and joy, for light and mirth, for every charm of sense and right, and blessings boundless as Thy mig….
How rarely boyhood loves to paint in glowing tints his future bright, a picture where no line is faint--whose very clouds are touch'd with light. And….
We are but little children weak Nor born in any high estate. . . . . There's not a child so small and weak But has his little cross to take, His litt….
God hath his mysteries of grace, Ways that we cannot tell, He hides them deep, like the secret sleep Of him he loved so well..
Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; ye belong to Jesus, children of the Lord..
Praise Him early, praise Him late, for our high and holy state; born, baptized, redeem'd forever, nought but sin our souls can sever from the Saviour….
He guides us into pastures green, He leads to bowers of bliss, Our Father lives, the God unseen, and Christ our Shepherd is..
When the friends we love the best Lie in their churchyard bed, We must not cry too bitterly Over the happy dead..