FATHER, HEAR US...

FOR OUR CHILDREN

Amy Carmichael

                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,

                From the whirlpool that would suck them,

                From the treacherous quicksand, pluck them.

                From the worldling's hollow gladness

                From the sting of faithless sadness

                Holy Father, save our children.

                Through life's troubled 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.

"His windows were open in his 

chamber toward Jerusalem.

I, Daniel, rose up, and did

the King's business."