When Children Give Their Hearts to God

When child­ren give their hearts to God

’Tis pleas­ing in His eyes;

A flow­er

when of­fered in the bud

Is no vain sac­ri­fice.

’Tis bet­ter far

if we be­gin

To fear the Lord be­times;

For sin­ners

who grow old in sin

Are hard­ened by their crimes.

It saves us from a thou­sand snares

To mind re­li­gion young;

Grace will pre­serve our fol­low­ing years

And make our vir­tues strong.

To Thee

al­migh­ty God

to Thee

May we our hearts re­sign;

’Twill please us to look back and see

That our whole lives were Thine.

Let the sweet work of pray­er and praise

Employ our young­est breath;

Thus we’re pre­pared for long­er days

Or fit for ear­ly death.