O God, great Fa­ther, Lord and king!
Our child­ren un­to Thee we bring;
And strong in faith, and hope, and love,
We dare Thy stead­fast Word to prove.

Thy co­ve­nant kind­ness did of old
Our fa­thers and their seed en­fold;
That an­cient pro­mise stand­eth sure,
And shall while Hea­ven and earth en­dure.

Look down up­on us while we pray,
And vi­sit us in grace to­day;
These lit­tle ones in mer­cy take
And make them Thine for Je­sus’ sake.

While they the out­ward sign re­ceive,
Wilt Thou Thy Ho­ly Spir­it give,
And keep and help them by Thy pow­er
In ev­ery hard and try­ing hour.

Guide Thou their feet in ho­ly ways:
Shine on them through the dark­est days;
Uphold them till their life be past,
And bring them all to Heav’n at last.