The phrase "A birdling" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
A birdling
...And think, and speak, and act thro’ life for Thee!
A birdling, I would teach its tiny wings
To soar up, where each bright archangel sings,...
And think, and speak, and act thro’ life for Thee!
A birdling, I would teach its tiny wings
To soar up, where each bright archangel sings,
...Seeth all things as they are,
Be it a birdling in its nest,
Or yonder uttermost star....
Seeth all things as they are,
Be it a birdling in its nest,
Or yonder uttermost star.
...Ere last year’s moon had left the sky,
A birdling sought my Indian nest,
And folded, O, so lovingly!...
Ere last year’s moon had left the sky,
A birdling sought my Indian nest,
And folded, O, so lovingly!
...Come close to the Savior,
O come as a birdling
Flies back to its parent nest....
Come close to the Savior,
O come as a birdling
Flies back to its parent nest.
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