Tabernacle Hymns ‎#308

308. Friend of the Home

1 Friend of the home: as when in Galilee
The mothers bro't their little ones to Thee,
So we, dear Lord, would now the children bring,
And seek for them the shelter of Thy wing.

2 Thine are they, by Thy love’s eternal claim,
Thine we baptize them in the threefold Name;
Yet not the sign we trust, Lord, but the grace
That in Thy fold prepared the lambs a place.

3 Lord, may Thy Church, as with a mother’s care,
For Thee the lambs within her bosom bear;
And grant, as morning grows to noon, that they
Still in her love and holy service stay.

4 Draw thro' the child the parents nearer Thee,
Endue their home with growing sanctity;
And gather all, by earthly homes made one,
In heav'n, O Christ, when earthly days are done.

Text Information

• First Line: Friend of the home: as when in Galilee
• Title: Friend of the Home
• Author: Howell E. Lewis
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1960
• Topic: Baptism; Consecration
• Copyright: Words used by permission of Howell E. Lewis

Tune Information

• Name: [Friend of the home: as when in Galilee]
• Key: G Major
• Source: Welsh hymn melody