The phrase "darling" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, darling, sleep!
Gently close thy laughing eye,...
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Sleep, baby, sleep! Sleep, darling, sleep!
Gently close thy laughing eye,
...Life is fading fast away,
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me....
Life is fading fast away,
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me.
...Papa, come this way.
I’m sure my darling is at rest,
Within the tender Shepherd’s fold;...
Papa, come this way.
I’m sure my darling is at rest,
Within the tender Shepherd’s fold;
...Made a manger cradle bright.
There a darling baby lay,
Pillowed soft upon the hay;...
Made a manger cradle bright.
There a darling baby lay,
Pillowed soft upon the hay;
...For prophet voices gladly heard,
For darling dreams, for friends who stirred
The fragile wills of youth....
For prophet voices gladly heard,
For darling dreams, for friends who stirred
The fragile wills of youth.
...While they hear the Father tell
Of His darling Son so willing
To redeem the souls that fell....
While they hear the Father tell
Of His darling Son so willing
To redeem the souls that fell.
...Unmeasurable grace!
Must Heav’n’s eternal darling die,
To save a traitorous race?...
Unmeasurable grace!
Must Heav’n’s eternal darling die,
To save a traitorous race?
...Wherefore should I make my moan,
Now the darling child is dead?
He to early rest is gone,...
Wherefore should I make my moan,
Now the darling child is dead?
He to early rest is gone,
...Of the new Jerusalem;
Mother darling,
You will find me waiting there....
Of the new Jerusalem;
Mother darling,
You will find me waiting there.
...Of the new Jerusalem;
Mother darling,
You will find me waiting there....
Of the new Jerusalem;
Mother darling,
You will find me waiting there.
...Watching for dear ones, waiting below.
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;...
Watching for dear ones, waiting below.
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
...Watching for dear ones, waiting below.
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;...
Watching for dear ones, waiting below.
Sweet little darling, light of the home,
Looking for someone, beckoning, Come;
...And what then is Jerusalem,
This darling object of His cares?
Where is its worth in God’s esteem?...
And what then is Jerusalem,
This darling object of His cares?
Where is its worth in God’s esteem?
...Thus calls upon her treasure,
My Darling, do not weep,
My Jesu, sleep!...
Thus calls upon her treasure,
My Darling, do not weep,
My Jesu, sleep!
...O Lord, protect Thy Son,
Nor leave Thy darling to engage
The powers of hell alone....
O Lord, protect Thy Son,
Nor leave Thy darling to engage
The powers of hell alone.
...And I’ll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.
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And I’ll proclaim eternal war
With every darling sin.
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...No harm befalls the weakest there.
Sweet darling on thy mother’s knee,
Sleeping as sleeps a wave at sea....
No harm befalls the weakest there.
Sweet darling on thy mother’s knee,
Sleeping as sleeps a wave at sea.
...By the open gate of prayer,
I’ll go unto my darling
And sit beside him there;...
By the open gate of prayer,
I’ll go unto my darling
And sit beside him there;
...We, for whom He bore such labor,
Are the darlings of His favor.
Now we live by faith in Christ,...
We, for whom He bore such labor,
Are the darlings of His favor.
Now we live by faith in Christ,
...But through Thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin.
That sin which close besets me still,...
But through Thy grace that reigns within,
I guard against my darling sin.
That sin which close besets me still,
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