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Text:This Child We Dedicate to Thee
Translator:Samuel Gilman
Tune:[This child we dedicate to Thee]
Composer:Henry K. Oliver

612. This Child We Dedicate to Thee

1 This child we dedicate to Thee,
O God of grace and purity!
In Thy great love its life prolong,
Shield it, we pray, from sin and wrong.

2 O may Thy Spirit gently draw
Its willing soul to keep Thy law;
May virture, piety, and truth
Dawn even with its dawning youth.

Text Information
First Line: This child we dedicate to Thee
Title: This Child We Dedicate to Thee
Translator: Samuel Gilman
Language: English
Publication Date: 1989
Topic: Children's Hymns; Home and Family; Promises
Source: German Hymn
Tune Information
Name: [This child we dedicate to Thee]
Composer: Henry K. Oliver
Key: F Major



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