Children of the Lord

Verse 1

Do no sinful action, speak no angry word; ye belong to Jesus, children of the Lord.

Verse 2

Christ is kind and gentle, Christ is pure and true; and his little children must be holy too.

Verse 3

There’s a wicked spirit watching round you still, and he tries to tempt you to all harm and ill.

Verse 4

But ye must not hear him, though ’tis hard for you to resist the evil, and the good to do.

Verse 5

For ye promised truly, in your infant days, to renounce him wholly, and forsake his ways.

Verse 6

Ye are new-born Christians ye must learn to fight with the bad within you, and to do the right.

Verse 7

Christ is your own Master, he is good and true, and his little children must be holy too.