O Little Child! Lie Still and Sleep

O lit­tle child! lie still and sleep;

Jesus is near: Thou need’st not fear;

No one need fear whom God doth keep

By day or night

by day or night;

Then lay thee down in slum­ber deep

Till morn­ing light

till morn­ing light.

O lit­tle child! be still and rest;

He sweet­ly sleeps whom Je­sus keeps;

And in the morn­ing

wake so blest

His child to be

His child to be;

Love ev­ery one

but love Him best

He first loved thee

He first loved thee.

O lit­tle child! when thou must die

Fear noth­ing then

but say

Am­en

To God’s com­mand

and qui­et lie

In His kind hand

in His kind hand;

Till He shall say

Dear child

come fly

To Heav’n’s bright land

to Heav’n’s bright land.

Then

when thy work on earth is done

Thou shalt as­cend to meet thy friend;

Jesus the lit­tle child will own

Safe at His side

safe at His side;

And thou shalt live be­fore the throne

Because He died

be­cause He died.