For Our Children

By:  Amy Carmichael

"Because you have made the LORD your dwelling place the Most High, who is my refuge no evil shall be allowed to befall you, no plague come near to your tent." -Psalm 91:9-10

Father, hear us, we are praying,

Hear the words our hearts are saying;

We are praying for our children.

Keep them from the powers of evil,

From the secret, hidden peril;

Father, hear us for our children.

From the whirlpool that would suck them,

From the treacherous quicksand, pluck them;

Father, hear us for our children.

From the wordling’s hollow gladness,

From the sting of faithless sadness,

Father, Father, keep our children.

Through life’s troubles waters steer them;

Through life’s bitter battle cheer them;

Father, Father, be Thou near them.

Read the language of our longing,

Read the wordless pleadings thronging,

Holy Father, for our children.

And wherever they may bide,

Lead them Home at eventide.

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